A response to ‘Yes, DI did it’

John Guenther; Samuel Osborne

doi:10.1017/jie.2020.22

Authors

John Guenther Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Samuel Osborne University of South Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1017/jie.2020.22

Keywords:

Indigenous education, literacy, pedagogy, remote education

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.

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