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ItemLanguage teaching and learning: choice, pedagogy, rationale and goals.Lo Bianco, J ; SLAUGHTER, Y (AFMLTA, 2009)In his examination of successful innovation and change in education in many settings, Fullan (2001) identifies the three broad options for effecting change that public authorities have at their disposal. They can seek to bring about change through imposing accountability (system-wide or targeted), or through providing incentives (either "negatively" as pressure or "positively" as support), or they can direct their attention towards "capacity-building" for key agents in the field being addressed, such as teachers, schools or universities. The review of Australian language policy shows that rarely has there been a consistent process of building on previous innovation and rarely are these three meta-strategies of accountability, incentives and capacity-building used in the judicious combination which is most likely to succeed. A central feature of education policy making is the critical, professional role of teachers and it would be to this that a capacity-building approach would be directed. This article discusses choice, pedagogy, rationale and goals in language teaching and learning. Key values and aspirations for proficiency in languages other than English relevant to the Australian context are also explored.
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ItemLanguage teaching and learning: Some hard decisions.Lo Bianco, J ; SLAUGHTER, Y (AFMLTA, 2009)In his examination of successful innovation and change in education in many settings, Fullan (2001) identifies the three broad options for effecting change that public authorities have at their disposal. They can seek to bring about change through imposing accountability (system-wide or targeted), or through providing incentives (either ‘negatively’as pressure or ‘positively’as support), or they can direct their attention towards ‘capacity-building’for key agents in the field being addressed, such as teachers, schools or universities. It is exceedingly difficult to combine accountability, incentives, and capacity-building, as evidenced by the fact that no government has ever done it effectively. It is complex and there are in-built tensions. It is easy to err in providing too much or too little control.
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ItemCRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS (CDA) AND LANGUAGE PLANNING (LP): CONSTRAINTS AND APPLICATIONS OF THE CRITICAL IN LANGUAGE PLANNINGLo Bianco, J ; Le, T ; Le, Q ; Short, M (NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC, 2009)
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ItemSecond Languages and Australian SchoolingLO BIANCO, J ; SLAUGHTER, Y (ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research Press), 2009)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableBroadcasting, intergenerational bilingualism and the Red BookLO BIANCO, J ( 2009)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableUNESCO, Literacy and Leslie LimageLo Bianco, J (UNIV TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY-UTS EPRESS, 2009)Rosie Wickert points out that, in literacy policy: ‘the stories of actors involved in policy struggles have been overlooked‘(2001: 90). The paper by Leslie Limage redresses this gap for the crucially important area of international multilateral agencies, specifically the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Her aim is to produce ‘a more clear-eyed look at how to advance the best of multilateral action in the field in which I have been involved at all levels throughout my adult life: children’s and adult’s literacy worldwide’ (Limage, 2009: p 7).
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ItemNo Preview Available20-Year Strategy for the Irish LanguageLO BIANCO, J (Dublin City University, 2009)
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ItemBeing Chinese, Speaking EnglishLo Bianco, J ; LoBianco, J ; Orton, J ; Yihong, G (MULTILINGUAL MATTERS LTD, 2009)
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ItemEnglish at Home in China: How Far does the Bond Extend?Lo Bianco, J ; LoBianco, J ; Orton, J ; Yihong, G (MULTILINGUAL MATTERS LTD, 2009)
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ItemIntercultural Encounters and Deep Cultural BeliefsLo Bianco, J ; LoBianco, J ; Orton, J ; Yihong, G (MULTILINGUAL MATTERS LTD, 2009)