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View article: Educating Indigenous Children in Australian Juvenile Justice Systems
Educating Indigenous Children in Australian Juvenile Justice Systems Open
This book addresses key issues in the context of the national policy of educating children accused of crimes in Juvenile Courts in Australia
View article: Mathematics for learners who require a highly individualised curriculum
Mathematics for learners who require a highly individualised curriculum Open
This book explains and describes the Yumi Deadly approach for students who require a highly individualised curriculum. In doing so, it provides teachers with supporting ideas for implementing Mathematics, using the extended levels of the G…
View article: Contextualising Aboriginal faunal stories with the Linnaean taxonomy: Culturally responsive pedagogy in zoology
Contextualising Aboriginal faunal stories with the Linnaean taxonomy: Culturally responsive pedagogy in zoology Open
This article explores the contextualising of local Aboriginal animal stories with the zoology curriculum in Queensland at one independent high school, where students’ learning potential often remains untapped. Contextualisation, encompasse…
View article: Enhancing maths teachers' pedagogy in special schools in Queensland Australia
Enhancing maths teachers' pedagogy in special schools in Queensland Australia Open
This paper reports on a project in one special school in Queensland Australia. The intention of the project was to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics to students from Preparatory to Year 12. The overarching concern of the pro…
View article: Preservice Teachers as Document Detectives
Preservice Teachers as Document Detectives Open
Literacy today relies on a readers’ ability to analyse text critically. This case study investigated preservice teachers’ critical analysis of media text containing visuals and representations. In particular, the analysis focused on mathem…
View article: Torres Strait Island Parents’ Involvement in their Children’s Mathematics Learning: A Discussion paper
Torres Strait Island Parents’ Involvement in their Children’s Mathematics Learning: A Discussion paper Open
This paper is a beginning point for discussing what the literature states about parents’ involvement in their children’s mathematics education. Where possible it will focus on Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Little is known about how Torre…
View article: Culturally Responsive Pedagogies in Youth Detention in Australia: Visibility, appearance and influence
Culturally Responsive Pedagogies in Youth Detention in Australia: Visibility, appearance and influence Open
This research paper focuses on an Australian Research Council Indigenous Discovery project (2017-2020) (IN150100045) which seeks to address an important problem related to Indigenous and low Socioeconomic status (SES) disadvantage in educa…
View article: The Montessori method, Aboriginal students and Linnaean zoology taxonomy teaching: three-staged lesson
The Montessori method, Aboriginal students and Linnaean zoology taxonomy teaching: three-staged lesson Open
This research article addresses an important issue related to how teachers can support Aboriginal secondary school students' learning of science. Drawn from a larger project that investigated the study of vertebrates using Queensland Indig…
View article: The determinant factors that influence results of gradual training of early childhood education teachers based on the program evaluation in Indonesia
The determinant factors that influence results of gradual training of early childhood education teachers based on the program evaluation in Indonesia Open
The aim of this research is to explore how different variables influence the results of training completed by teachers of young learners. This research was conducted in Indonesia using the correlational research method. Samples of 418 teac…
View article: We can fly drones! Innovative learning experiences for children in special schools
We can fly drones! Innovative learning experiences for children in special schools Open
Drones, otherwise known as unmanned aircrafts are becoming increasingly useful to address and solve real-world problems such as surf lifesaving patrols and rescues in Australia (cf. Australian Broadcasting Commission, 2018). As drone model…
View article: Redressing mathematics education: Access to learning for students in Australian schools
Redressing mathematics education: Access to learning for students in Australian schools Open
The provision of new and innovative mathematics teaching ideas in primary and secondary classrooms in Australia is often insufficient for sustainable improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and low SES students’ learning of ma…
View article: Two-way conflation of home and school realities: Local science and Linnaean language in the biology curriculum
Two-way conflation of home and school realities: Local science and Linnaean language in the biology curriculum Open
This paper reports on an action research study that investigated the integration of Aboriginal and Western science knowledges and languages into science learning for Aboriginal adolescent students in one regional independent secondary scho…
View article: Unlocking the learning potential of young people in youth detention
Unlocking the learning potential of young people in youth detention Open
This workshop presents stage one of an ARC Discovery Project (IN150100045) that focuses on mathematics teachers and young people in youth detention. Incarcerated Indigenous and low SES young people typically have very low literacy and math…
View article: Reasonable Adjustments in Learning Programs: Teaching Length, Mass and Capacity to Students with Intellectual Disability
Reasonable Adjustments in Learning Programs: Teaching Length, Mass and Capacity to Students with Intellectual Disability Open
Developed in concert with twelve special schools (Prep to Year 12) in Queensland, this paper regarding reasonable adjustments that promote quality differentiated teaching practice in special education math classrooms represents the knowled…
View article: Where’s the maths in manual arts: Constructing a chair
Where’s the maths in manual arts: Constructing a chair Open
Learning mathematical ideas when they are situated in contexts that reflect the life experiences of students are more likely to be understood, because the experiences are real representations that hold a range of mathematical ideas. They s…
View article: Embedding Aboriginal Perspectives and Knowledge in the Biology Curriculum: The Little Porky
Embedding Aboriginal Perspectives and Knowledge in the Biology Curriculum: The Little Porky Open
This paper reports on an Action Research project that investigated the integration of Aboriginal and Western knowledge into science learning in a Montessori classroom in regional Queensland, Australia. Drawing on the local knowledge of fau…
View article: Access to sustainable employment and productive training: Workplace participation strategies for indigenous employees
Access to sustainable employment and productive training: Workplace participation strategies for indigenous employees Open
Access to sustainable and viable employment is crucial to an individual’s potential to achieve a reasonable quality of life. Policies introduced to promote Indigenous employment in Australia, such as Community Development Employment Projec…
View article: Theorizing Participation, Engagement and Community for Primary and Secondary Mathematics Classrooms
Theorizing Participation, Engagement and Community for Primary and Secondary Mathematics Classrooms Open
Student engagement and participation in mathematics learning is increasingly mentioned in Australian policy and curriculum documents that focus on ways to improve student achievement. However, such ways are not always made clear, nor is wh…
View article: Theorizing Critical Discourse Theory and Analysis for Investigating Mathematics Classrooms
Theorizing Critical Discourse Theory and Analysis for Investigating Mathematics Classrooms Open
Critical Discourse Theory and its elements, discourse, language, power, ideology, subject positioning, struggle and discursive practice, allow a critical understanding of the issues of the working of power and its contestation, and the pro…
View article: Making Sense of a Trial Maths Intervention Program for Students with Disability in Australia: Interim Report
Making Sense of a Trial Maths Intervention Program for Students with Disability in Australia: Interim Report Open
Success in primary and secondary school mathematics is becoming increasingly important to today's teachers, students, parents and employment providers in Australia.Mathematics is viewed as high status and essential for a range of employmen…
View article: Developing teachers’ efficacy towards mathematics and numeracy and the implications for learners with disabilities
Developing teachers’ efficacy towards mathematics and numeracy and the implications for learners with disabilities Open
Recognising the intent of affirmative action to include the largest minority group in Australia, young people with intellectual disability in schooling, here, the role of special education teachers who teach mathematics and numeracy is con…
View article: The development of case studies to evaluate the usefulness of teaching interactions in one-to-one teaching of early number
The development of case studies to evaluate the usefulness of teaching interactions in one-to-one teaching of early number Open
This research paper reports on phase two of an Australian study that examined video-recorded intensive one-to-one teaching interactions with 6–7-year-old students who were in their second year of schooling and identified by the their class…
View article: The identification of teaching interactions used in one-to-one teaching of number in the early years of schooling
The identification of teaching interactions used in one-to-one teaching of number in the early years of schooling Open
This research paper reports on phase one of an investigation of video recorded intensive one-to-one teaching interactions with 6–7-year-old students who were in their second year of schooling in Australia and identified by the their teache…
View article: Making sense of a trial maths intervention program for teachers of students with disability in Australia: Interim report
Making sense of a trial maths intervention program for teachers of students with disability in Australia: Interim report Open
The Disability Standards for Education (2005) and the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority relevant standards underscore the right of students with disability to access the curriculum on the same basis as students with…
View article: Making sense of a trial Maths intervention program for students with disability in Australia: Interim report
Making sense of a trial Maths intervention program for students with disability in Australia: Interim report Open
Success in primary and secondary school mathematics is becoming increasingly important to today’s teachers, students, parents and employment providers in Australia. Mathematics is viewed as high status and essential for a range of employme…