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We Know Best : A Critique Of Youth Research Directions, Judith Laverty
We Know Best : A Critique Of Youth Research Directions, Judith Laverty
Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
This paper looks at the problematising of young people in relation to existing literature on health and the portrayal of young people experiencing homelessness. It reviews this literature with the view to understanding interconnections between research agendas and the positioning of young people as a problem group within society, based on adult and institutional definitions.
Mindful Classrooms: A Synthesis Of Research On Multiple Intelligences Theory In Cross-Cultural Contexts, Wilhelmina J. Vialle
Mindful Classrooms: A Synthesis Of Research On Multiple Intelligences Theory In Cross-Cultural Contexts, Wilhelmina J. Vialle
Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
The scene is a primary school in regional Australia that has a large proportion of students from non-English-speaking backgrounds (NESB). In one of these culturally diverse classrooms, I observed the following exchange at the beginning of a blustery Thursday with the students gathered together on the front mat. The teacher was quizzing her Grade 1 class on the days of the week. She held up flashcards and the children were asked to read the day. When she held up ‘Thursday’, she drew attention to the ‘ur’ sound and asked which other day also included the ‘ur’ sound. After a few …
Inducting Pre-Service Teachers Into Reflective Inquiry And Research Methods: Contested Curriculum And Pedagogical Spaces, Ted Booth
Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
The location of research methods within the pre-service teacher education curriculum has been a contentious debate within the writer's Faculty of Education for many years. Concurrently the scope and sequence of the major concepts and skills to be taught in inquiry and research methods and the related pedagogy has also been contentious. This paper attempts to chart some of the dimensions and contentions within these spaces, and links this critique to a discussion about changes in the structure and implementation of new four year Bachelor of Primary Education at the University of Wollongong. A self-study methodology is utilised in conjunction …