{"title":"‘Nowhere to plant the sole of the foot?’: Women, university education and subjectivity in the early twentieth century","authors":"A. Mackinnon","doi":"10.1080/17508480609556442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480609556442","url":null,"abstract":"The history of women in Australian universities has not yet been written. In general women remain a footnote in most university histories; perhaps the volumes contain a few photographs of women, shadowy creatures who look so young and earnest as they gaze tentatively from graduation portraits, mortar boards sitting carefully on pinned-up hair. How should we tell the stories of those first enterprising women? A promising start has been made by several researchers who have detailed the battles for admission and some of the subsequent experiences of women graduates. We are all aware of the perceived challenge to the male world represented by the entry of women into their domain. How can we begin to think about the significance of their education, the challenge it presented and its place in the overall pattern of Australian society? Should we only look at those who 'achieved' in the world's terms? Should we examine those who made inroads into the system itself and gained academic posts? Or can we find other ways in which higher education changed the lives of those young graduates?","PeriodicalId":347655,"journal":{"name":"Melbourne Studies in Education","volume":"461 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131885507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educational recollections of the thirties","authors":"James S. Darling","doi":"10.1080/17508480609556434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480609556434","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":347655,"journal":{"name":"Melbourne Studies in Education","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133460386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eliza Mary Johnson, schoolteacher — and wicked woman?","authors":"C. Hooper","doi":"10.1080/17508480609556443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480609556443","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":347655,"journal":{"name":"Melbourne Studies in Education","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131875313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critical discourse analysis and internet research","authors":"K. Weir","doi":"10.1080/17508480509556425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480509556425","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Many institutions have taken advantage of the proliferation of computer mediated communication networks (CMCs) to improve communication between members and/or interested individuals by establishing online discussion groups or listservs. Once established, the virtual communities that form around CMCs can often provide an increased sense of a participatory democracy. However, for authorities who manage these listservs, they can present new modes of governance that manifest themselves in the discursive practices revealed in online dialogue. Therefore, a new imperative has emerged for discourse analysts to develop a ‘toolkit’ designed to deconstruct these distinctive texts that are the artefacts of virtual discussion groups. This article explores the methodological issues that emerge when applying CDA (Critical Discourse Analysis) to a particular set of online texts through a critical evaluation of Fairclough's (2003) model of interdiscursive analysis. The virtual context in which this analysis occurs is the FRAMEWORK listserv, established and monitored by Education Queensland to assist in implementing the New Basics Trial in a selection of state schools. The results from this application of CDA are discussed with reference to some discursive practices observed in virtual communities. The implications of these research findings are explored in relation to the broader context of educational governance.","PeriodicalId":347655,"journal":{"name":"Melbourne Studies in Education","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125561107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A faircloughian approach to cda: Principled eclecticism or a method searching for a theory?","authors":"R. Henderson","doi":"10.1080/17508480509556422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480509556422","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract For researchers wanting to take up critical discourse analysis (CDA) as an analytical tool, Norman Fairclough's (1989) early work provided a step‐by‐step approach that he called ‘a guide not a blueprint’. In response to calls for a more explicit theoretical justification, Chouliaraki and Fairclough (1999) attempted to theoretically ‘ground’ CDA and to spell out its underpinning theories ‘explicitly and systematically’. Their recommendation for a ‘shifting synthesis’ of theoretical sources, however, has been criticised, raising significant questions about the extent to which this work is method‐driven and theoretically‐framed. This article explores some of the issues, considerations and advantages that surfaced as the author drew on a Faircloughian approach to CDA, its theory and method in researching literacy learning.","PeriodicalId":347655,"journal":{"name":"Melbourne Studies in Education","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116877607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critical discourse analysis and hybrid texts: Analysing english as a second language (esl)","authors":"Margaret Kettle","doi":"10.1080/17508480509556426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480509556426","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article focuses on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and English as a Second Language (ESL) texts, that is texts produced in interactions between native and non‐native speakers of English. Such texts are hybrid in that they comprise a blending of ‘standard’ and ‘non‐standard'1 English forms. In these times of globalised English and the increasing prevalence of non‐native speaker models of English, research is increasingly likely to encounter ESL texts. The issue for the critical analysis of such ‘new’ texts is that CDA generally utilises ‘standard’ linguistic models for its analytical apparatus. Fairclough (2003), arguably the most widely‐recognised proponent of CDA, bases his analytical framework on Standard English. The question is whether and if so how CDA can accommodate hybrid texts, specifically those with a blend of linguistically ‘standard’ and ‘non‐standard’ forms of English. In this discussion, I consider the application of Fairclough's model of CDA to the analysis of an interview with a Thai ESL student beginning postgraduate studies in Australia. I argue that the analysis is made more effective by drawing on principles from Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research, in particular communication strategies.","PeriodicalId":347655,"journal":{"name":"Melbourne Studies in Education","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131675046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engaging with difference in science classrooms: Using CDA to identify interpersonal aspects of inclusive pedagogy","authors":"M. Hanrahan","doi":"10.1080/17508480509556427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480509556427","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Critical discourse analysis (CDA) can be a powerful tool for focusing on aspects of social practice which might otherwise go unremarked but which may have a significant impact on who has access to a specific area of learning. The quality of interpersonal relationships has long been acknowledged as a crucial aspect of success in teaching, including teaching in ‘content’ area subjects such as science. However, the development of excellence in this aspect of science pedagogy is given scant attention, with disciplinary content being the main focus of most curriculum reforms designed to make science more accessible for all. This may be due in part to a paucity of research into ways of creating a positive interpersonal environment in science which in turn may be due to an ignorance of the best tools available for this purpose. My research attempts to redress this balance somewhat by providing critical analyses, using CDA, of the pedagogical discourse practices of teachers who are successful in engaging a wide range of students in school science. In this article I will focus on how difference and intertextuality have been handled in a short sample of text taken from a ‘learning support’ Year 9–10 science class.","PeriodicalId":347655,"journal":{"name":"Melbourne Studies in Education","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132309442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tackling multimodal news: Some implications of critical analytical research on the ‘children overboard’ affair","authors":"M. Macken-Horarik","doi":"10.1080/17508480509556424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480509556424","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Accounting for front‐page news puts pressure on analytical resources, especially when news‐making is characterised by features such as overt political intervention in visual (photographic) and verbal (attribution) news data; explicit references to and investment in visual news to support political claims about news‐makers; and significant changes over time to a story, moving it from public scandal, through media disclosure to political defence. This article offers an account of how I tackled these analytical challenges in my research into the ‘children overboard’ affair in Australian newspapers. The affair was generated from a false claim by Liberal Party ministers that asylum seekers threw their children overboard to coerce the Australian Navy into rescuing them. The story became front‐page news in October, 2001, helped to provide the Coalition with another term in office and greatly influenced public discourse about refugees and border protection. The article shows how I analysed semiotic resources such as voicing (in verbal news) and framing (in visual news) to track changes in this affair. It argues that political interventions in these semiotic resources (what I call ‘first‐order discourse') were pivotal in the management of news about asylum seekers. The article concludes by highlighting some implications of the methodology for critical analysis of multimodal news discourse.","PeriodicalId":347655,"journal":{"name":"Melbourne Studies in Education","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133213566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Hanrahan, R. Henderson, Margaret Kettle, M. Macken-Horarik, W. Morgan, Sandra Taylor, Sue Thomas
{"title":"Notes on contributors","authors":"M. Hanrahan, R. Henderson, Margaret Kettle, M. Macken-Horarik, W. Morgan, Sandra Taylor, Sue Thomas","doi":"10.1080/17508480509556428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480509556428","url":null,"abstract":"Mary Hanrahan is an independent researcher associated with the Faculty of Education at the Queensland University of Technology, having recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship focusing on exemplary science literacy teaching practice in the middle years. Her publications cover a range of areas, including research methodology, and the relationships between motivation, engagement, access, and language and literacy issues in science education. She is a regular peer reviewer for the Electronic Journal of Literacy Teaching in Science and has done occasional reviews for other journals and conferences. Contact: Email: m.hanrahan@qut.edu.au","PeriodicalId":347655,"journal":{"name":"Melbourne Studies in Education","volume":"137 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124297466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The construction of teacher identities in educational policy documents: A critical discourse analysis","authors":"Sue Thomas","doi":"10.1080/17508480509556423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480509556423","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is a complex eclectic method that has potential to be a valuable tool for critical policy analysis. This article highlights this potential by demonstrating how CDA can be applied to policy texts. That is, it focuses on the processes involved in ‘doing’ critical discourse analysis. In particular, it examines the framework identified by Chouliaraki & Fairclough (1999) as the means by which CDA can be ‘operationalised’ in order to produce ‘theoretically grounded analyses in a wide range of cases’. The framework is outlined and discussed in relation to the construction of teacher identities in educational policies. The article then applies CDA to an analysis of one education policy document to illustrate the framework in operation. In so doing, it addresses the problem of teacher quality, which is analysed in terms of the discursive constructions of teachers’ professional identities. The analysis demonstrates how CDA may be used both as a tool for critical policy analysis and for the analysis of the construction of identities in educational, and other, documents.","PeriodicalId":347655,"journal":{"name":"Melbourne Studies in Education","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124706445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}