Editors' introduction to special theme issue [of International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning]: Meanings under the microscope (Part 1)

Abstract

[Rationale]: This inaugural, three-part, special theme issue of the International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning publishes the refereed papers in the first wave proceedings of the 2nd international pedagogies and learning conference, conducted at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland in Australia from 18 to 20 September 2005. The conference theme was “Meanings Under the Microscope”, connoting the multiple ways in which educators and learners make sense of, and derive purpose and authenticity from, the various acts and artifacts that constitute education.