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Dr Brad Gobby is a Lecturer at Curtin University in Western Australia. He has experience as a secondary school teacher and currently researches and teaches in the areas of government policy, school reform and curriculum.Dr Rebecca Walker is a Lecturer at Curtin University in Western Australia. She h...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Dr Brad Gobby is a Lecturer at Curtin University in Western Australia. He has experience as a secondary school teacher and currently researches and teaches in the areas of government policy, school reform and curriculum.Dr Rebecca Walker is a Lecturer at Curtin University in Western Australia. She has had extensive teaching experience both in the metropolitan and rural areas of Western Australia and overseas. Her current research focuses on assessment and feedback; digital technologies and learning; and trauma-informed and restorative practices. |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 500 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780190303709 0190303700 |
| Index Number: | LB2806 |
| CLC: | G561.1-05 |
| Call Number: | G561.1-05/P888 |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 UNDERSTANDING CURRICULUM -- 1.What is Curriculum? / Brad Gobby -- Contesting curriculum -- Curriculum in context -- What is curriculum? -- Key features of this book -- 2.Schooling, Its History and Power / Zsuzsa Millei -- A brief history of schooling: three perspectives -- Modern conception of childhood and its regulation through schooling -- The practices of regulating and forming young citizens -- 3.Questioning How and What We Know: New Concepts to Approach Education / Saul Karnovsky -- Why is theory important? -- Culture, knowledge and truth -- Norms Note continued: 5.Critically Reflective Practice: What Is It and Why Is It Needed Now? / Barry Down -- Two personal anecdotes to start -- Why is CRP needed now? -- What makes the thinking `critical'? -- How does CRP work? -- 6.Neoliberalism, Education and Curriculum / Glenn C. Savage -- Historical perspectives: the emergence of neoliberalism -- Neoliberalism as a form of governance: key characteristics -- Neoliberalism, education and curriculum -- The future of neoliberalism (and why thinking about it is important) -- pt. 2 UNPACKING CURRICULUM CONTEXTS -- 7.The Education System and SES: Map Note continued: False dichotomies and norms -- Gender and the curriculum -- Disadvantage and education -- 9.Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience in Education / Eva Bendix Petersen -- Psychological knowledge in our everyday life -- Developmental psychology in education -- Special education -- Education and neuroscience -- 10.Identity Formation: Consumerism and Popular Culture / Kelli McGraiu -- Culture and identity -- The influence of popular culture -- Fashion: what's hot and what's not -- Fashion and popularity: a film study -- Whose popular culture? -- Youth popular culture -- Digital a Note continued: A conceptual and theoretical toolbox for understanding the historical legacies of colonisation -- Mapping the colonial (and neoliberal) techniques of exclusion -- Individualising and competition -- De-colonial and anti-colonial approaches -- 13.Testing Times for Assessment and Pedagogy / Brad Gobby -- The context of assessment -- Some key ideas about assessment -- pt. 3 ENACTING CURRICULUM EXPERIENCES -- 14.Learner Diversity and School Practices / Richard Niesche -- The politics of schooling: why do some groups of students do better than others? -- Social class -- Socio-econo Note continued: Characteristics of educational environments -- Environments for democracy -- Organising space, materials and time -- 17.Planning, Programming and Embedding Curriculum / Alma Fleet -- Teachers using the curriculum -- Employer frameworks and implications for planning -- Teacher decision-making -- Pedagogical documentation: what it is and what it isn't -- What about working in formal schooling? -- 18.Student-centred Approaches to Planning in Primary and Secondary Schools / Rebecca Walker -- What does it mean to be an effective teacher? -- What is the importance of decision-makin |