The Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS) invites you to join the 2025-26 seminar series, where we will explore bold ideas, critical questions, and collaborative possibilities for educational transformation. This inaugural series will focus on our newly developed Research Compass, a guiding metaphor for our evolving research agenda. The compass orients us toward our core values of equity, collaboration, and justice. It also helps us navigate the complex and shifting landscapes of education to respond to emerging challenges and remain attuned to the lived realities of schools, teachers, and communities.

Across the seminars, we will unpack four interrelated research themes: the conceptualisation of transformative change in schools; the preparation of teachers for transformative teaching and praxis; understanding how transformative teaching is enacted in classrooms; and exploring the relationships between transformative teaching and its impacts in diverse contexts. Together, these themes reflect our mission to support equity through transformative change, connecting philosophical inquiry with practical action.

Through this seminar series, we invite educators, researchers, policymakers, and community partners to engage in a shared journey of discovery. Guided by the Research Compass, we aim not only to deepen our collective understanding of transformative change in schools, but also to chart new directions together. This is a space to exchange insights, challenge assumptions, and imagine education futures that are just, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of all learners.

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First published: 15 August 2025

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