Overview

The papers in this collection recognise that the audiences in educational institutions have different and evolving needs in a modern society.

Researching in Contemporary Educational Environments concerns itself with identifying pedagogical issues which impact on educators and students as they relate to their present and future needs.

The topics covered in this book transcend traditional educational boundaries and challenge educators to reflect on and respond to current educational issues. As such they raise an awareness of dominant discourses and their influence on educational practice.

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Table of Contents

• The Search for the Holy Grail of Literacy: Post-Literacy Journeys, Destinations and Unmapped Possibilities
  Bernadette Walker-Gibbs
• Tales from Miltonville: Some Technological Discourses Within a Rural University
  Teresa Moore
• Reading the Christian Scriptures: A Critical Pedagogical Approach
  Anne Musso
• Recognitive Justice: Renewed Commitment to Socially Just Schooling
  Carmen Mills and Trevor Gale
• Inclusion: Smoothing the Pathways into the Regular Classroom
  Bruce Allen Knight
• Ethnodrama - Analysis in Action
  Jim Mienczakowski and Lynn Smith
• A Chasm in Environmental Education: What Primary School Teachers 'Might' or 'Might Not' Know
  Amy Cutter and Richard Smith
• Portal Tasks in Preservice Teacher Education: Reconceptualising Professional Practice
  Helen Huntly
• Early Childhood Education Policy and 2010: Critical Perspectives
  Claire Thelander
• Through the Eyes of Principals: What it Means to be a Competent Beginning Professional
  Rob Thompson
• Encounters Along the Road: Researchers' Journeys in Australian Traveller Education
  Peter Hallinan, Beverley Moriarty, Geoff Danaher and PA Danaher