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  • Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers

    The Role of Literature in Shaping English Teachers’ Professional Knowledge and Identities

    by Larissa McLean Davies, Brenton Doecke, Philip Mead, Wayne Sawyer, Lyn Yates ...
    At a time when knowledge is being 're-valued' as central to curriculum concerns, subject English is being called to account. Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers puts long-standing debates about knowledge and knowing in English in dialogue with an investigation of how English teachers are made in the 21st century.This book explores, for the first time, the role of literature in ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Australia's Curriculum Dilemmas

    State Cultures and the Big Issues

    by Lyn Yates, Cherry Collins, Kate O'Connor ...
    Australia's Curriculum Dilemmas tells the story of Australia's recent attempts to come to grips with the big challenges of curriculum and sets up the background to understanding the debates that continue to surface as we move for the first time towards a national approach. Detailing some of the inside stories and arguments of the last 30 years about what schools should do, as well as some of the ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Knowledge at the Crossroads?

    Physics and History in the Changing World of Schools and Universities

    by Lyn Yates, Peter Woelert, Victoria Millar, Kate O'Connor ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    There is much discussion about what needs to change in education institutions in the 21st century, but less attention given to how core disciplinary studies should be considered within that context. This book is based on a major 4-year research study of history and physics in the changing environment of schools and universities in Australia. Are these forms of knowledge still valuable for students ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Reconstructing the Lifelong Learner

    Pedagogy and Identity in Individual, Organisational and Social Change

    by Clive Chappell, Carl Rhodes, Nicky Solomon, Mark Tennant, Lyn Yates ...
    How is adult learning used to produce personal, organisational and social change? This interesting examination of adult learning for change illustrates through diverse case studies and theoretical perspectives that personal change is inextricably linked to broader organisational and social change. The authors explore how theorising education as a vehicle for self-change is relevant to the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Reconfiguring Knowledge in Higher Education

    Edited by Peter Maassen, Monika Nerland, Lyn Yates ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Knowledge is now central to national economic competitiveness and to socio-economic endeavours concerned with inequalities and social exclusion, and in this context higher education is recognized as a core sector of national policy and strategy. Yet the changing pressures, directions and practices in relation to knowledge pose many challenges for higher education itself. How can and how should ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • World Yearbook of Education 2011

    Curriculum in Today’s World: Configuring Knowledge, Identities, Work and Politics

    Edited by Lyn Yates, Madeleine Grumet ...
    Series series World Yearbook of Education
    How do curriculum, conceptions of knowledge and the schooling experiences of young people engage the great issues of this tumultuous time? Curriculum is always influenced by the events that shape our world, but when testing and bench-marking preoccupy us, we can forget the world that is both the foundation and the object of curriculum. This edited volume brings together international contributors ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Teaching Secondary History

    by Heather Sharp, Jonathon Dallimore, Alison Bedford, Martin Kerby, James Goulding, Treesa Clare Heath, Louise Zarmati, Darius von Güttner ...
    Teaching Secondary History provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of teaching History to years 7–12 in Australian schools. Engaging directly with the Australian Curriculum, this text introduces pre-service teachers to the discipline of History. It builds on students' historical knowledge, thinking and skills and offers practical guidance on how to construct well-rounded ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Ethnographic Methods

    by Karen O'Reilly ...
    This new edition of Karen O’Reilly’s popular Ethnographic Methods provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the technical, practical and philosophical issues that arise when employing traditional and innovative research methods in relation to human agents.Using a wide range of case studies and source material to illustrate the dilemmas and resolutions that an ethnographic researcher ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • The Literacy Wars

    Why teaching children to read and write is a battleground in Australia

    by Ilana Snyder ...
    Do we have a literacy crisis?Fierce debates in the media over how to teach children to read and write have reached new heights in recent years. The intensity of the debates is not surprising as literacy education matters to everyone, but there is collateral damage. Public confidence in literacy teachers has been undermined and many believe we have a literacy crisis in our schools.The Literacy Wars ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Social Work Theories and Methods

    Edited by Mel Gray, Stephen Webb ...
    The second edition of this celebrated book by two of the world′s leading researchers in social work introduces readers to the main theories, theorists and perspectives that contribute to the debate on social work theory and social work methods. It brings together some outstanding international researchers in social work to challenge the reader to critically question how they think about social ... Read more

    $78.29 USD

  • Understanding Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia

    Practices and perspectives

    Edited by Joanne Ailwood ...
    In order to effectively practise as an early childhood educator it is essential to understand the theories, policies and pedagogy that shape the discipline. Understanding Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia provides core foundational knowledge that is critical for best practice.Part One looks at concepts of childhood and the development of mass education before examining influential ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Art and Design Pedagogy in Higher Education

    Knowledge, Values and Ambiguity in the Creative Curriculum

    by Susan Orr, Alison Shreeve ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
    Art and Design Pedagogy in Higher Education provides a contemporary volume that offers a scholarly perspective on tertiary level art and design education. Providing a theoretical lens to examine studio education, the authors suggest a student-centred model of curriculum that supports the development of creativity.The text offers readers analytical frameworks with which to challenge assumptions ... Read more

    $63.99 USD