TABLE OF CONTENTS

• ABSTRACT
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• IN MEMORIAM
• CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
  • WHY THIS RESEARCH
  • DESCRIPTION OF THE CENTRE
  • SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
• CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY
  • ETHNOGRAPHY
  • REFLECTION IN RESEARCH
  • DATA COLLECTION
    • Initial Visits
    • Fieldwork
    • Observation
    • Student & Teacher Interviews
    • Group Talks
  • INFORMED CONSENT
  • RELATIONSHIPS
    • Roles
  • ARTIFACTS AS A RESEARCH TOOL
    • Rationale for using Artifacts
    • Zipper Sculptures at the Centre
    • Participant Responses To Zippers
  • DATA ANALYSIS
    • Researcher Shifts
• CHAPTER 3: LITERATURE REVIEW
  • LEARNING CENTRED APPROACH
  • POWER THEORIES, LITERACY & EDUCATION DISCOURSE
    • Definitions & Theories of Power in Relation to Education
    • Literacy Discourse
    • Education Discourse
  • LEARNING CENTRED EDUCATION
    • Authority of the Teacher
    • Teaching and Learning Leadership
• CHAPTER 4: THE TEACHERS
  • TEACHER PHILOSOPHY
  • FACILITATIVE POWER SYSTEM
    • Decision Making
      • Diffusion Of Decision-Making
    • Site-based Management & Autonomy
    • Unique Curriculum
  • DIALOGIC INSTRUCTION
    • Teaching & Learning Leadership