History of bilingual education in the Northern Territory : people, programs and policies /: people, programs and policies. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian Clive Devlin, Samantha Disbray, Nancy Regine Friedman Devlin.
• Editors: Devlin, Brian; Disbray, Samantha; Devlin, Nancy Regine Friedman
• Contents: 1 A thematic history of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory -- 2 A glimmer of possibility -- 3 Reflecting on team teaching -- 4 'Bilingual time' at Willowra: The beginnings of a community-initiated program, 1976-1977 -- 5 Lessons learned from bilingual education -- 6 Starting out at Bamyili: Factors specific to the development of the Kriol program -- 7 Boom and then bust: Lessons learnt from my time teaching in three bilingual schools in the Northern Territory -- 8 The policy framework for bilingual education in the Australian Indigenous languages in the Northern Territory -- 9 Consolidation, power through leadership and pedagogy, and the rise of accountability, 1980-1998 -- 10 The development of successful bilingual, biliterate and bicultural pedagogy: Place for Tiwi teachers and Tiwi language in learning -- 11 Developing local curriculum materials: Learning metaphors, insightful collaborations, community involvement -- 12 The quest for community control at Yirrkala School -- 13 Language revitalisation in a bilingual program: The case of Numbulwar School -- 14 Threatened closure: Resistance and compromise (1998-2000) -- 15 Defending our program at Wadeye -- 16 Sources of evidence on student achievement in Northern Territory bilingual education programs -- 17 Policy change in 2008: Evidence-based or a knee-jerk response? -- 18 The Areyonga case: Utulu kutju nintiringanyi 'Learning together' -- 19 Policy and Practice Now -- 20 Starting out at Yuendumu School: Teaching in our own language -- 21 Stories from central Australian Indigenous community schools in the Pintupi-Luritja Region -- 22 Yipirinya School: That generation, this generation -- 23 The program at Wadeye, past and present -- 24 We did it! A case study of bilingual/bicultural education at Ltyentye Apurte Catholic School -- 25 Forty years on: Seeking a way for the future-Dhawal'yurr yuwalkku dhukarr. Reflections on bilingual education at Shepherdson College, Galiwin'ku -- 26 Personal reflections of our time in a bilingual classroom -- 27 Reflections on my years at Elcho and Mäpuru (1978-2015) -- 28 Digital futures for digital books.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 372.650994; Education, Bilingual -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History; EDUCATION -- Bilingual Education; Education, Bilingual; Northern Territory; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811020780; 9811020787
• Related ISBNs: 9789811020766; 9811020760
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 13, 2017).
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