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Critical Literacy And Postcolonial Praxis: A Freirian Perspective, Peter Mclaren
Critical Literacy And Postcolonial Praxis: A Freirian Perspective, Peter Mclaren
Education Faculty Articles and Research
"This essay examines the relationship among language, experience, and historical agency. It does so in the context of recent work in critical literacy and critical pedagogy. My discussion takes its bearings from the work of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, described in a recent interview with Carlos Alberto Torres as "the prime 'animateur' for pedagogical innovation and change in the second half of this century" (12). In part this essay stands as a poststructuralist and postcolonialist rereading of Freire that, while to a certain extent "reinventing" his work in light of perspectives selectively culled from contemporary social theory, attempts to remain …
A Practical Project Resource Book, Roy Skinner
A Practical Project Resource Book, Roy Skinner
Research outputs pre 2011
This book has been written to help school students like yourself to produce better science projects. Project work of a practical kind would not have been very common when your mum and dad were at school, but over the last few years or so most schools have begun to encourage their students more and more to take up creative project work during the science courses. You will find this work interesting and enjoyable practical projects are fun!
The Ideal Teacher: A Curriculum Framework For Teachers Of Primary Mathematics, Anthony Herrington, Barbara Pence, Bill Cockcroft
The Ideal Teacher: A Curriculum Framework For Teachers Of Primary Mathematics, Anthony Herrington, Barbara Pence, Bill Cockcroft
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
This paper suggests a curriculum framework for training prospective primary teachers of mathematics. Such a framework needs to be viewed in the context of the skills and understandings that are reflected in successful mathematics teachers.
Dean Ashenden's Proposal For Restructuring Teachers' Work: A Junior Primary School Perspective, Rod Chadbourne, Susan Robertson
Dean Ashenden's Proposal For Restructuring Teachers' Work: A Junior Primary School Perspective, Rod Chadbourne, Susan Robertson
Research outputs pre 2011
This report documents the findings of a study on Dean Ashenden's proposal for radically restructuring schools. Dean Ashenden is a highly influential educationist in Australia. Over the past twenty years he has written and talked extensively on equality of educational opportunity, the nature of teachers work', and Award Restructuring; his counsel has been sought by key decision makers in education systems throughout the country; and in 1988 he was a facilitator on several occasions during negotiations between the W.A. Ministry of Education and the State School Teachers Union.
Wandering Scholars, Graveyards And Pearly Gates, Steve Hunter
Wandering Scholars, Graveyards And Pearly Gates, Steve Hunter
Research outputs pre 2011
No abstract provided.
The National Schools Project At Belmont Senior High School: A Formative Review Of The First Nine Months, Rod Chadbourne
The National Schools Project At Belmont Senior High School: A Formative Review Of The First Nine Months, Rod Chadbourne
Research outputs pre 2011
No abstract provided.