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For many years in Australia, academics and state government departments have promoted learner-centred and constructivist pedagogies in the middle years of schooling (Years 5–9) (Barratt, 1998; Beare, 2000; Carrington, 2006; DEECD, 2010; DEET, 2002; Hill & Russell, 1999). However, such approaches have still not been widely adopted (Black, 2009; Cartmel, 2013; Pendergast, 2006; Pendergast & Bahr, 2005).
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Cleveland, B. (2016). Addressing the Spatial To Catalyse Socio-Pedagogical Reform in Middle Years Education. In: Fisher, K. (eds) The Translational Design of Schools. Advances in Learning Environments Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-364-3_2
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