Basic Literacy or New Literacies? Examining the Contradictions of Australia's Education Revolution

Autor/inn/en	Buchanan, Rachel; Holmes, Kathryn; Preston, Gregory; Shaw, Kylie
Titel	Basic Literacy or New Literacies? Examining the Contradictions of Australia's Education Revolution
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 37 (2012) 6, S.97-110 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Basic Skills; Conflict; Numeracy; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Literacy Education; Reading Skills; Mathematics Skills; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Standardized Tests; Educational History; Politics of Education; Teacher Education; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Konflikt; Rechenkompetenz; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Educational policy; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Australien
Abstract	In 2007 the Labor Government came to power with the promise to bring to Australia an "Education Revolution". More than four years later we are still waiting for the full impact of this series of policy initiatives. Among the various facets of the Education Revolution was the assurance that the Education Revolution would focus on the most fundamental skills--literacy and numeracy, and that it would offer world-class teaching and learning through a "Digital Education Revolution". The digital education revolution aims to foster the development of 21st century learning skills in students, skills which seem at odds with the government's concomitant emphasis on basic literacy and numeracy and standardised testing. We seek to explore the paradoxical goals of the Education Revolution and to examine the impact of these tensions upon educators. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10