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Download full textCollins Brothers & Company, 1877
This textbook is a fourth reader for Australian pupils. Selections include poetry and prose, with an appendix of roots and derivations to help introduce new words to pupils.
Descriptors: Poetry, Prose, Reading Instruction, Textbooks
Peer reviewedvan Kraayenoord, Christina E.; Paris, Scott G. – Reading Teacher, 1994
Describes current literacy practices in Australia and the history of influential approaches to literacy instruction. Discusses the unique contexts of professional development and practice that may make Australian approaches to literacy different from whole-language movements in American schools. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Luke, Allan – 1989
Whole language approaches to the teaching of reading and writing have received broad support by United States advocates of "critical pedagogy." This paper outlines a case study of the Australian implementation of whole language inservice courses for the teaching of literacy in elementary schools. Drawing from post-structuralist theory…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational History
