Transnational teachers in Australian schools: Implications for democratic education

ICT in education: the opportunity for democratic schools?

What is the future of schools and what is the role of ICT in this future? To some of us, ICTs are emblematic of contemporary discussions about educational reform; their incorporation into education offers significant improvement to the overall quality of education our children receive. For others, this improvement cannot be realised under current educational conditions. For the liberating, dyna...

Australian Developments in Distance Education and Their Implications for Rural Schools

Distance education has for many years played an important role in the delivery of education to rural parts of Australia. Recent developments in information and communication technologies, together with the advent of federallyfunded open learningat the tertiary level, arechallenging traditional notions of distanceeducation in Australia. These developments have many implications for Australian ru...

Implications for Medical Education in Iran

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Action for Democratic Education

A subtle, yet noticeable, shift is occurring in recent debates over the reform of public schooling. In response to the reform reports of 1983 which stressed the need for schools to prepare workers, more recent reports have instead focused upon the preparation of citizens—in particular, the preparation of democratic citizens.* This new wave of proposals echoes a traditional resistance against th...

Children's knowledge, teachers' knowledge: Implications for early childhood teacher education