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Spiders are Mammals: Direct Instruction in Cape York

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dc.creator Louise Dow
dc.date 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:19:26Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:19:26Z
dc.identifier 1441-0559
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/98054debbf554ccfa7b6b72907fb9800
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27592
dc.description In 2010, SRA Direct Instructioni was introduced across the curriculum in two remote Cape York schools, as a key aspect of social and welfare reform. There is national political interest in these reforms, which link welfare policy to State primary school education conceived as basic skills training. Reflecting the political interest, national newspapers ran the story that Direct Instruction had provided almost miraculous results after 17 weeks (Devine 2010a). Alternative approaches to literacy development in Indigenous education did not get the same sort of media attention. Noel Pearson provides the intellectual basis for Cape York social reforms, through his writing, political advocacy and leadership of organisations involved in the reforms. His ultimate goal is successful mainstream education leading to economic integration, where young people are „completely fluent in their own culture and the wider culture‟ (Pearson 2009:57). The question posed by this vision is „What kind of education can produce these flexible, bicultural, working people who keep their traditions alive?‟
dc.language English
dc.publisher University of Technology, Sydney
dc.relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/lnj/article/view/2418
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1441-0559
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source Literacy and Numeracy Studies, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 50-65 (2011)
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Spiders are Mammals: Direct Instruction in Cape York
dc.type article


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