Editors' introduction to special theme issue [of International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning]: Meanings under the microscope (Part 2)

Abstract

This is the second of the three-part inaugural theme issue of the International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, which publishes the first wave of the refereed proceedings of the 2nd International Pedagogies and Learning Conference. The conference, which was held at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland in Australia between 18 and 20 September 2005, had the theme “Meanings Under the Microscope”; the refereed theme articles in this issue contribute to a widely ranging and thorough engagement with how meanings in teaching and learning are constructed and with what effects. The remainder of this editorial introduction outlines the articles appearing in this issue.