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Pragmatism and Philosophy: Enriching Students' Lives through a Critical Investigation of Spatial Literacy in Shared Spaces

Pragmatism and Philosophy: Enriching Students' Lives through a Critical Investigation of Spatial Literacy in Shared Spaces
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Author(s): Margaret Baguley (University of Southern Queensland, Australia), Toni Riordan (St Joseph’s Nudgee College, Australia)and Martin Kerby (St Joseph’s Nudgee College, Australia)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 15
Source title: Multiliteracies and Technology Enhanced Education: Social Practice and the Global Classroom
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Darren Lee Pullen (University of Tasmania, Australia)and David R. Cole (University of Technology - Sydney, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-673-0.ch007

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to investigate how a secondary boys’ College has sought to create a cultural alliance between a spatial literacy which expresses an officially sanctioned version of the past and a contemporary curriculum that embraces a far broader understanding of this concept. This investigation of spatial literacy was contextualised through the curriculum plan of the College which seeks to educate students through a student-centred curriculum that aims to develop critically aware and culturally sensitive world citizens. The perceptions of key teachers were also examined which revealed their increasing use of school spaces to address political, philosophical and environmental issues in their pedagogical approach.

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