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Troy Meston; Julie Ballangarry; Harry Van Issum; Helen Klieve; Courtney Smith; Tasha Riley – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2025
This paper details the 'Deadly Gaming' pilot (DG). DG centred research has been designed to exploit the protective value of Indigenous culture, to nurture translational literacies (e.g., cultural capital, academic confidence, teamwork, problem solving, critical thinking, and 21st century skills) necessary for academic success in an urban…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations, Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Capital
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Marcon, Nerissa; Faulkner, Julie – English in Australia, 2016
Digital games are positioned in literacy research as integral to contemporary youth culture and their potential as a learning resource continues to be explored in current literature. This paper examines the use of "Minecraft" as a pedagogical tool to motivate girls' literacy practices within the secondary English classroom. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Games, Teaching Methods, Learning Motivation
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Eisenchlas, Susana A.; Schalley, Andrea C.; Moyes, Gordon – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
Home language literacy education in Australia has been pursued predominantly through Community Language Schools. At present, some 1,000 of these, attended by over 100,000 school-age children, cater for 69 of the over 300 languages spoken in Australia. Despite good intentions, these schools face a number of challenges. For instance, children may…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Acquisition, German, Bilingualism
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers