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Direct linkLuke, Allan – Theory Into Practice, 2012
The term "critical literacy" refers to use of the technologies of print and other media of communication to analyze, critique, and transform the norms, rule systems, and practices governing the social fields of everyday life (A. Luke, 2004). Since Freire's (1970) educational projects in Brazil, approaches to critical literacy have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Literacy, Critical Theory, Critical Reading
Download full textAngus, Lawrence – 1986
This monograph presents a fictionalized case study of a real Catholic school in Australian society, Christian Brothers College (C.B.C.), which illustrates the manner in which "forces" for both continuity and change are negotiated at C.B.C. After a brief introduction, the volume opens with four thematic papers by separate authors,…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Anthropology, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography
Smith, Richard – 1985
This volume is part of a series of monographs from Australia devoted to outlining an alternative approach, based on neo-Marxist concepts, to policy studies in education. The opening essay in this volume argues that the controversy over inequalities in education is essentially a school-level issue, involving what administrators and teachers do with…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Foreign Countries
Codd, John – 1984
The introductory essay in this volume examines the relationship between philosophy and common sense as these pertain to educational administration, and suggests that philosophy should become a form of critical self-reflective decision-making that occurs within the domain of social action and does not stop with the achievement of clarity of…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Prunty, John J. – 1984
This volume is part of a series of monographs from Australia devoted to outlining an alternative approach, based on neo-Marxist concepts, to policy studies in education. The opening essay in this volume argues that real and significant educational reform will not come about through a revolution in decision-making and managerial technology, but…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Watkins, Peter – 1983
The introductory essay in this volume presents a case study of class-based organizational control and contestation in secondary schools in Victoria (Australia) in the 1970s, based on a critical perspective derived from the Frankfurt school, a perspective that undertakes to reveal the power structures, class hierarchy, and legitimating ideologies…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship
