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Download full textCumming-Potvin, Wendy – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
Celebrating and responding equitably to diversity have become increasingly essential for teachers' work in the new millennium, which is characterized by shifting local and global communities. Aiming to broaden conceptions of teacher education within a predominantly "back to basics" literacy environment, this article draws on selected…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Social Justice, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Direct linkPerso, Thelma – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2007
Politicians have used the promise of "back to basics in our schools" as an educational platform for some time now, possibly in recognition that this is something the general population perceives as an issue they might just vote for. In the various positions the author has held, both professional and in community service, she has been…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Cognitive Processes, Parliamentary Procedures, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedOsborne, Ken – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1992
Discusses the current state of Canadian high schools. Examines the goal of competitiveness as a national policy and the debate over the purposes of education. Explores (1) a greater emphasis on basic subjects; (2) the use of performance indicators; (3) the demand for accountability; and (4) dropout rates. Argues that an economic agenda for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Back to Basics, Competition, Dropout Rate
Peer reviewedJardine, David W.; Clifford, Patricia; Friesen, Sharon; LaGrange, Annette – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2001
An ongoing study has found that the "basics" in contemporary educational theory are actually the smallest, most easily isolated and most easily testable fragments of knowledge in a discipline--abstractions produced by complex analysis. The project is exploring an alternative version of "basicness" in which the complex, often ambiguous realm of a…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Basic Skills, Educational Attitudes, Educational Theories
Comber, Barbara; Nichols, Susan – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2004
As part of the Commonwealth's drive to enhance Australia's competitiveness in the global economy, Australia is five years from implementing "National Benchmarks" to leverage measurable literacy outcomes from schools. This "back to basics" agenda is in tension with another drive to foster advanced thinking skills in children. Teachers are being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Back to Basics, Thinking Skills, Literacy
Elliott, Alison, Ed. – Early Childhood Australia, 2006
"Every Child" is Australia's premier early childhood publication, aimed at anyone involved in the care and education of children from birth to eight years-in particular child care professionals, teachers, child care students and the parents of young children. Published quarterly, it contains informative and entertaining articles on such…
Descriptors: School Responsibility, Foreign Countries, Back to Basics, Student Adjustment
