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Improving literacy of the visually impaired in Singapore: Pre-, post- and in-between literacy considerations

, 2009
This paper underscores the importance of a multi-prong approach to literacy when considering literacy needs of the visually impaired in Singapore. While acquisition of literacy is often considered as a single prong approach, there is a need to satisfy ...
Wong, Meng Ee
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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Re-attuning the information literacy classroom: A theoretical framework for promoting critical thinking in a post-truth era

, 2019
The indifference, anxiety, and stress felt by students and the invisibility of marks of quality and value in online information environments pose instructional challenges that can get in the way of students’ developing critical thinking skills.
Hassman, Katie, Vamanu, Iulian, Heffner, Kathryn   +2 more
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Making Sense of Standardised Assessment Data: A Response to Snow et al. (2025)

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I write in response to the commentary by Snow et al. (2025) on the paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data published in this journal (Larsen 2024).
Sally A. Larsen
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Critical Narrative Literacy

CLELEjournal
The editorial for issue 13.1 discusses critical narrative literacy as an essential component of English language teaching. By means of confrontation with multiple narrative perspectives students can develop into critical readers, responsible citizens ...
Michael Prusse
doaj  

Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice at the ‘Shop Front’: The Potential and Limitations of Meeting Legal Need Through Technology

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings, Art Cotterell, Farzana Bruce   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical GenAI Literacy: Postdigital Configurations

Postdigital Science and Education
Abstract Critical Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) literacy cannot be reduced to a universal framework. Rather, it must be understood as a constellation of situated literacies, shaped by disciplinary perspectives, socio-political contexts, and technological affordances.
Chrysi Rapanta, Ibrar Bhatt, Aras Bozkurt, Laura Ann Chubb, Christopher Erb, Ingrid Forsler, Karen Gravett, Marguerite Koole, Tomáš Lintner, Alex Örtegren, Tiffany Petricini, Brian Rodgers, Jack Webster, Xiao Xu, Inger-Marie Falgren Christensen, Nina Bonderup Dohn, Lise Lotte Weilgaard Christensen, Sandris Zeivots, Petar Jandrić   +18 more
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Everyone has a view of literacy : learners' perceptions of literacy and their practices at home and at school

, 2007
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-93).This is an ethnographic study of how learners write about, speak about, depict and value their literacy activities at home and how this links with their performance at school.
Kendal, Charmaine Allana
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Curriculum based approach to information literacy education [PDF]

, 2012
Despite the growth of literature and many information literacy programs on higher education campuses, the literature of information literacy and the concept on information literacy as a viable academic subject remain hidden to most professors and policy
Lhungdim, T., Singson, Mangkhollen
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Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Natasha Ginnivan, Amanuel Kidane Hagos, Tony Butler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source