Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow +9 more
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A scoping review of EFL learners' interlanguage pragmatic development. [PDF]
PLoS OneLi H, Kasim ZM, Ang LH.
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING
Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) is a learner-centered approach that emphasizes the use of meaningful tasks to promote real-life communication and language acquisition. This article explores the effectiveness of TBLT, highlighting its key benefits, such as improving communicative competence, enhancing learner motivation, and fostering critical ...
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The Impact of AI-Assisted Learning on the Agency of Foreign Language Learners: A Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
Behav Sci (Basel)Zai F, Zhou X.
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
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The impact of generative AI on foreign language enjoyment: the roles of gender, English proficiency and usage duration among Chinese EFL learners. [PDF]
BMC PsycholYin X, Ruan J, Ma W.
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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Generative AI an academic equalizer? The differential impact of AI-assisted learning on self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation among university students. [PDF]
Front PsycholShao H, Wang R.
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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe +2 more
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