Overview
- Highlights the latest research on literacy education for Indigenous Australians
- Presents diverse theoretical and practical perspectives with in-depth commentary
- Provides a current and comprehensive review of literature and research
Part of the book series: Language Policy (LAPO, volume 19)
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About this book
The Australian Indigenous context presents unique challenges for educators working across the continent in settings ranging from urban to remote, and with various social and language groups. Accordingly, one of the book’s main goals is to foster dialogue between researchers and practitioners working in these contexts, and who have vastly different theoretical and ideological perspectives. It offers a valuable resource for academics and teachers of Indigenous students who are interested in literacy-focused research, and complements scholarship on literacy education in comparable Indigenous settings internationally.
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Keywords
- indigneous education
- bilingual education
- biliteracy
- situated literacies
- intervention and indigenous peoples
- remote education
- regional education
- scaffolding
- early childhood
- primary education
- secondary education
- tertiary education
- language studies
- aboriginal students
- Australia education
- indigenous education
- learning and instruction
Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Examining the Local: Theory and Practice
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Examining the Systemic: Theory and Practice
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Helen Harper has worked as a researcher and lecturer in language and literacy education, as a linguist in remote Indigenous communities, and as a teacher of English as an Additional Language. Currently she is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of New England (UNE), where she teaches English language and literacy education. Helen’s research interests include pedagogies for educationally marginalised students, pedagogies of literacy, and classroom interactions. Before taking up her post at the UNE in 2018, Helen spent more than two decades in the Northern Territory, where she worked as a researcher and educator.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Literacy Education and Indigenous Australians
Book Subtitle: Theory, Research and Practice
Editors: Jennifer Rennie, Helen Harper
Series Title: Language Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8629-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8628-2Published: 11 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8631-2Published: 11 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8629-9Published: 21 October 2019
Series ISSN: 1571-5361
Series E-ISSN: 2452-1027
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 332
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Language Education, Literacy, Educational Policy and Politics, Learning & Instruction