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A response to ‘Yes, DI did it’

Part of: A dialogue about the role of Direct Instruction (DI) in very remote schools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2020

John Guenther Open the ORCID record for John Guenther [Opens in a new window]  and
Samuel Osborne Open the ORCID record for Samuel Osborne [Opens in a new window]
John Guenther*
Affiliation:
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Darwin 0845, Northern Territory, Australia
Samuel Osborne
Affiliation:
University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide 5095, South Australia, Australia
*
Author for correspondence: John Guenther, E-mail: john.guenther@batchelor.edu.au
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Abstract

The authors of the article ‘Did DI do it? The impact of a programme designed to improve literacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in remote schools’ respond to a critique of their analysis of work.

Keywords

Indigenous educationliteracypedagogyremote education
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Article Response
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , December 2021 , pp. 412 - 413
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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