Editors' introduction to special theme issue [of International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning]: Meanings under the microscope (Part 3)

Abstract

This is the third and hence the final of the three-part inaugural theme issue of the International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, which has published the first wave of the refereed proceedings of the 2nd International Pedagogies and Learning Conference, held at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland in Australia between 18 and 20 September 2005. The conference theme was “Meanings Under the Microscope”; the refereed theme articles in this issue contribute to a diverse and comprehensive account of the constructions of meanings in multiple educational contexts and of the effects and impact of those constructions. The remainder of this editorial introduction outlines the articles appearing in this issue; the introduction to the next issue will include selected reflections on the 18 theme articles constituting the conference’s first and second wave refereed proceedings.