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A Developing Story: The Literacy Demands Of The Curriculum, Marion Meiers
A Developing Story: The Literacy Demands Of The Curriculum, Marion Meiers
Marion Meiers
The need for explicit teaching of the literacy demands of the curriculum has been and remains a significant area of interest for all teachers. An example of how this interest has evolved can be seen in Nea Stewart-Dore's careerlong interest in literacy learning. This was a key aspect of her major contribution to professional knowledge and understanding of literacy learning. Nea's story provides a useful retrospective insight into the shaping of the strong current focus of the literacy of the disciplines.
Teaching Critical Thinking, Doug Mccurry, Pat Knight, Marion Meiers
Teaching Critical Thinking, Doug Mccurry, Pat Knight, Marion Meiers
Marion Meiers
This edition of The Research Digest is focuses on theory, research and policy issues related to the teaching of critical thinking. It examines different definitions and views of critical thinking, and different approaches to teaching critical thinking. In particular it examines ways of posing higher-order critical thinking questions and the teaching of routines for critical thinking. A key feature of this series of research digests is that each edition will focus on the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL, 2012). This issue makes links to Professional Knowledge, Standard 1, Know students and how they learn, and Standard 2, Know the …