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A comparison of approaches to the teaching and learning of science in Chinese and Australian elementary classrooms: cultural and socioeconomic complexities (2013)
Journal Article
Tao, Y., Oliver, M., & Venville, G. (2013). A comparison of approaches to the teaching and learning of science in Chinese and Australian elementary classrooms: cultural and socioeconomic complexities. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 50(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21064

Set in the context of today’s globalized approaches to curriculum reform, the purpose of this study was to compare the teaching and learning of science in Chinese and Australian Grade 6 classrooms. A conceptual framework based on notions of culture a... Read More about A comparison of approaches to the teaching and learning of science in Chinese and Australian elementary classrooms: cultural and socioeconomic complexities.

Mathematical études: embedding opportunities for developing procedural fluency within rich mathematical contexts (2013)
Journal Article
Foster, C. (2013). Mathematical études: embedding opportunities for developing procedural fluency within rich mathematical contexts. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 44(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2013.770089

In a high-stakes assessment culture, it is clearly important that learners of mathematics develop the necessary fluency and confidence to perform well on the specific, narrowly defined techniques that will be tested. However, an overemphasis on the t... Read More about Mathematical études: embedding opportunities for developing procedural fluency within rich mathematical contexts.

Resisting reductionism in mathematics pedagogy (2013)
Journal Article
Foster, C. (2013). Resisting reductionism in mathematics pedagogy. Curriculum Journal, 24(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/09585176.2013.828630

Although breaking down a mathematical problem into smaller parts can often be an effective solution strategy, when the same reductionist approach is applied to mathematics pedagogy the effects are far from beneficial for students. Mathematics pedagog... Read More about Resisting reductionism in mathematics pedagogy.

Teacher quality in the twenty first century: new lives, old truths (2013)
Book Chapter
Day, C. (2013). Teacher quality in the twenty first century: new lives, old truths. In X. Zhu, & K. Zeichner (Eds.), Preparing teachers for the 21st century. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36970-4_2

This chapter is based upon a keynote address to the first global teacher education summit, organised by Beijing Normal University in 2011, in which research across the world about influences which affect teachers' sense of professional identity, capa... Read More about Teacher quality in the twenty first century: new lives, old truths.

The owl spreads its wings: Global and international education within the local from critical perspectives (2013)
Book Chapter
Swanson, D. (2013). The owl spreads its wings: Global and international education within the local from critical perspectives. In Y. Hébert, & A. A. Abdi (Eds.), Critical Perspectives on International Education (333-347). SensePublishers

Within an era of a New Knowledge Society, assumptions abound regarding the ‘goodness’ and justice of global interconnections and distributions of knowledge through international educational organizations and structures worldwide. Just as George Bush... Read More about The owl spreads its wings: Global and international education within the local from critical perspectives.