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Author:   Allan Luke (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.280kg
ISBN:  

9781138502932

ISBN 10:   1138502936
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 June 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Text and Discourse in Education: An Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis 2. Getting Our Hands Dirty: Provisional Politics in Postmodern Conditions 3. The Material Effects of The Word: Apologies, ‘Stolen Children’ and Public Discourse 4. New Narratives of Human Capital: Recent Redirections in Australian Educational Policy 5. After the Marketplace: Evidence, Social Science and Educational Research 6. Curriculum, Ethics, Metanarrative: Teaching and Learning Beyond the Nation 7. Teaching after the Market: From Commodity to Cosmopolitan 8. Using Bourdieu to Make Policy: Mobilising Community Capital and Literacy 9. Race and Language as Capital: A Sociological Template for Language Education Reform 10. Educating the Other: Standpoint And Theory in the Internationalisation of Higher Education 11. Generalising across Borders: Policy and the Limits of Educational Science 12. Another Ethnic Autobiography? Childhood and The Cultural Economy of Looking 13. On the Race of Teachers and Students: A Reflection on Experience, Scientific Evidence and Silence

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This is a superb selection of some of Allan Luke's hardest-hitting and wisest contributions to educational policy. It provides invaluable insights regarding the major debates and theories that impact the everyday lives of front-line educational workers. It is a wonderful gift to the education profession. -Barbara Comber, University of South Australia, Australia The collection is a scholarly feast for educational scholars, public intellectuals and graduate students-especially those of us interested in literacy personally, locally, and globally. -Robert J. Tierney, University of British Columbia, Canada

This is a superb selection of some of Allan Luke's hardest-hitting and wisest contributions to educational policy. It provides invaluable insights regarding the major debates and theories that impact the everyday lives of front-line educational workers. It is a wonderful gift to the education profession. - Barbara Comber, University of South Australia, Australia The collection is a scholarly feast for educational scholars, public intellectuals and graduate students-especially those of us interested in literacy personally, locally, and globally. -Robert J. Tierney, University of British Columbia, Canada

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Allan Luke is Emeritus Professor of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, Affiliated Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada, and an Honorary Professor at Beijing Normal University, China.

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