Papers by Colin Lankshear
Book Review: Rituals and Revelations
Journal of Education, Apr 1, 1989
Critical cyberliteracies: What young people can teach us about reading and …
… delivered to the …, 2002
Almost all educators in the US and elsewhere seem to agree that the advent of personal computing,... more Almost all educators in the US and elsewhere seem to agree that the advent of personal computing, the internet, digital cell phones and other person-to-person and group-to-group communication media have changed what it means to learn, know and do things. Governments around ...
Curriculum in the Postmodern Condition
... of Mexico. Edgar Gonzalez-Gaudiano is Director General of the Education and Training Center f... more ... of Mexico. Edgar Gonzalez-Gaudiano is Director General of the Education and Training Center for Sustainable Development of the Ministry Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries of the Mexican Government. Colin Lankshear ...
Riding a hydra
Information Technology & People, Jun 6, 2008
PurposeThis paper seeks to identify aspects of work environment, culture or expectations that con... more PurposeThis paper seeks to identify aspects of work environment, culture or expectations that contributed to women's comfort or discomfort within the information and communication technology (ICT) industry.Design/methodology/approachThe study is empirical in nature and addresses the perspectives of 178 professional women currently working within the Australian ICT industry who responded to the “Women in ICT” survey conducted through James Cook University. Likert‐scale responses were subjected to principal component analysis and then K‐mean cluster analysis, distinguishing four groups of respondents. Explanations for group membership were then sought from responses to open‐ended survey questions.FindingsThere was common agreement among respondents that, when making their career decisions, they had expected to enjoy good community image, and that their work would be socially useful, satisfying and flexible. Respondents also agreed that careers in ICT are rewarding, and provide opportunities, and disagreed with prevailing negative stereotypes about the industry. Opinions diverged on the organisation‐specific issues of management approachability and equality, as well as around respondents' confidence in their own technical ability and their intention to encourage young women to enter the industry.Originality/valueThis paper identifies distinct patterns of response and thereby provides support for the thesis that the widely reported discomfort of women within the ICT industry is not a cultural (industry‐wide) phenomenon but, rather, one that has its roots within particular workplace relationships. It is these relationships that appear to encourage or undermine confidence and women's intentions to encourage others to enter ICT.
Introduction to Politics of Liberation: Paths from Freire
Peters, Michael, Colin Lankshear, and Mark Olssen, eds., Critical Theory and the Human Condition: Founders and Praxis. New York : Peter Lang, 2003
de Alba, Alicia, Edgar Gonzalez-Gaudino, Colin Lankshear, and Michael Peters, "Curriculum in the Postmodern Condition," pp. 1-22 in their Curriculum in the Postmodern Condition. New York: Peter Lang, 2000
Explicates postmodernism (based on Lyotard) and sets forth conditions related to postmodernism th... more Explicates postmodernism (based on Lyotard) and sets forth conditions related to postmodernism that curriculum must take into account; introduces the chapters that follow
Negotiating the twisted, broken and sometimes hidden pathways to ICT careers
Futures of Critical Theory
Rowman & Littlefield eBooks, 2003
Written by internationally acclaimed scholars on futures of critical theory, this book attempts t... more Written by internationally acclaimed scholars on futures of critical theory, this book attempts to renew and reinvigorate critical theory by extending its range and its intellectual trajectories through strategies of inclusiveness that ...
Counternarratives
Routledge eBooks, May 13, 2013
A tribute to Kevin Harris, philosopher of education
Educational Philosophy and Theory
Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2021
and many other scholars from around the world. Jim and Bridget knew the philosophy of hospitality... more and many other scholars from around the world. Jim and Bridget knew the philosophy of hospitality and the hospitality of philosophy. We have very fond memories and often met Pepe, Dom and Marcus at the Marshall home. We are sorry for their loss. As Pepe said when she rang me 'It's a release for Jim'. He had suffered five years or more of dementia. This was tragic. I did my grieving for Jim five years ago at the point he lost his identity to Alzheimer's. I was astonished at his gentleness and calmness when I tried to explain who I was. I said 'Jim you were the Dean of Education at the University of Auckland' and I tried to explain to him what that meant. He merely replied 'Was I?' He gave the same response when I told him his own story of being a world scholar, about the many papers he had given around the world: in London, Oxford, Stanford, and Leuven. He simply said 'Did I?' Dementia is a disease of old age that threatens the connections between mind, meaning and personal identity. I know that Jim himself would be capable of expounding on this theme because his life was spent in search of an adequate account of identity. I hesitate to speculate what Jim might have said but he might have said that 'Alzheimer's robs the mind of the victim'
Futures of critical theory: dreams of difference
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littl... more ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 ...
Girls and ICT Survey: initial findings
Curriculum Leadership, Apr 28, 2006
The ICT profession in most Western countries is predominantly male (Millar & Jagger 2001). The Ov... more The ICT profession in most Western countries is predominantly male (Millar & Jagger 2001). The Overview of the Australian ICT Industry reported that women comprised only 15% of ICT specialists within Australia in 2005 (DCITA 2005). Senator Coonan, Australia's Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, recently stated that women currently comprise 'only about one-fifth of the ICT workforce'(Coonan 2005).
The New Work Order
Routledge eBooks, Feb 20, 2018
Culture Clash in Computerized Classrooms
Cyber Spaces/Social Spaces, 2002
In this chapter, we focus on the introduction of computers into high school classrooms in Ontario... more In this chapter, we focus on the introduction of computers into high school classrooms in Ontario, Canada. Many studies of computer introduction focus on issues of technical implementation: issues of how people learn the techniques and, indeed, the “language” of computers. This concentration reflects a certain definition of the problems surrounding the introduction of ICTs into schools. Essentially, the problems are seen as those of overcoming the considerable challenges presented by selection of the hardware and software, technology installation and maintenance, and staff training and development. The methodology of such research, whether qualitative or quantitative, reflects this definition of the problem in its focus. And, as with all research, the definition of the problem and the methodological focus have a great deal of influence on what we “find.”
Researching online practices
This chapter considers what is entailed in researching activities involving use of the internet f... more This chapter considers what is entailed in researching activities involving use of the internet from the standpoint of people engaging in social practices like blogging, online shopping, participating in online social networks, and being a fanfiction writer or music video creator. It outlines what we mean by'practices' as a technical concept, and identifies some key implications for research design and methodology of taking a practice approach to researching social phenomena. We pay particular attention to a concept of'connective ...
A Handbook for Teacher Research: from design to implementation
Journal of In-service Education, 2005
Open University Press McGraw-Hill Education McGraw-Hill House Shoppenhangers Road Maidenhead Berk... more Open University Press McGraw-Hill Education McGraw-Hill House Shoppenhangers Road Maidenhead Berkshire England SL6 2QL email: enquiries@openup.co.uk world wide web: www.openup.co.uk and Two Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121-2289, USA First ...
Language, creativity, and remix culture
Digital media and literacy development
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