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Delphine, Tim – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2023
Teaching English literacy in First Nations Australian communities is bound up with the policy aim of improving the social and economic outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the desire to acknowledge, recognise and respect their unique cultural identities, languages and knowledges. But for English literacy teachers working…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Rose, Judy; Low-Choy, Samantha; Singh, Parlo; Vasco, Daniela – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2020
In 2018 NAPLAN (National Assessment Program -- Literacy and Numeracy) reached a 10-year milestone. Introduced in 2008 by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), NAPLAN assesses student literacy and numeracy in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. As a key education reform in Australia, NAPLAN has provoked critical debate across…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Literacy, Numeracy
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Swain, Katharine; Pendergast, Donna – Australian Journal of Education, 2018
This study explored students' feelings during the Australian National Assessment Program -- Literacy and Numeracy. It features student voice depicted as self-drawn images accompanied by words as they journeyed through four phases of the NAPLAN process: preparation, participation, completion and results. The 34 students in Years 3, 5 and 7 attended…
Descriptors: Literacy, National Competency Tests, Numeracy, Foreign Countries