ERIC Number: ED498462
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jun-2
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1554-5210
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Looking Back to Look Forward: Understanding the Present by Revisiting the Past: An Australian Perspective
Cambourne, Brian; Turbill, Jan
International Journal of Progressive Education, v3 n2 p8-29 2007
Cambourne and Turbill trace the growth, change and finally marginalisation of progressive approaches to literacy education by examining whole language philosophy in Australia from the 1960s to the present. Using a critical lens, Cambourne and Turbill describe how whole language has been positioned throughout the last nearly 50 years in terms of curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment. Cambourne and Turbill offer a personal history of whole language in Australia and draw connections of the educational changes occurring in their country to other western democracies. Their insights are valuable in order to examine other grass roots programs and to better understand how politics impact educational movements. (Contains 2 footnotes.) [This article was published by the International Association of Educators (INASED).]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Educational Change, Time Perspective, Educational History, Politics of Education, Whole Language Approach, Intermode Differences, Cultural Awareness, Teacher Researchers
International Association of Educators. 1971 South Orchard Street, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://www.inased.org/ijpe.htm
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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