Internationally, the middle years of schooling are increasingly problematic for students and teachers, and thus a crucial site for research and pedagogical reform. There is need for a new generation of pedagogical innovation that recognises shifts in demography, identities and socio-economic conditions.

This project aims to build curriculum and pedagogical practice that engage young people's lifeworlds and the concerns of their communities. It will develop a university-school professional learning community that supports education action research that informs pedagogical practices through ethnographies of the everyday lives of diverse young people.

As part of this commitment, the project will regularly make available a range of publications that prompt reflection, discussion and pedagogical innovation.

2004

Hattam, R. (2004). 'Connecting classrooms to student lifeworlds: imagining the teacher-as-ethnographer', paper presented to Australian Research in Education Conference, Melbourne, December.

2005

Brennan, M. (2005). 'Generations of social justice in Australian schools?', paper presented to Australian Research in Education Conference, Parramatta, November.

Hattam, R., Prosser, B. & Brady, K. (2005). 'Unsettling deficit views of students and their communities', paper presented to Australian Research in Education Conference, Parramatta, November.

Lloyd, D. (2005). 'Renewing pedagogies: using futures as a way into students' lifeworlds', paper presented to Australian Research in Education Conference, Parramatta, November.

Sellar, S. & Zipin, L. (2005). ''Post'ibilities for critical pedagogy', paper presented to Australian Research in Education Conference, Parramatta, November.

Zipin, L. (2005). 'The pedagogical challenge: rethinking relevance in the interests of social justice', paper presented to Australian Research in Education Conference, Parramatta, November.
 

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Research Updates

Update 1 - Introduction

Update 2 - Structures and Procedures

Update 3 - Rationale

Update 4 - The Pedagogical Challenge

Update 5 - Learning about Student Lifeworlds

Update 6 - Roundtable Outcomes

Update 7 - The Pedagogical Challenge revisited

Update 8 - 2005 Research Review

Update 9 - The Pedagogical Challenge: take 3

Update 10 - Pedagogy, Relationships & Emotional Work

Update 11 - Plans for 2006

Update 12 - Introduction to Action Research

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