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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Australian Policy Activism in Language and Literacy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>P R I C E: $ 49 .50<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Edited by:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Joseph Lo Bianco & Rosie Wickert<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Published by: Language </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Australia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, 2001<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>ISBN: 1 876768 31 2<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Language and literacy policy development in Australia boasts
a long history of strategic alliances, and in recent decades, more than 15
major public policies, position statements and significant programs directing
public resources towards language and literacy goals have been released.
Australian Policy Activism in Language and Literacy presents the dynamics of
language and literacy policy activism in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Australia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> by
capturing accounts of many of those most deeply engaged in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Australia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>'s
distinctive practice of language and literacy policy-making and its effects.
The book describes how policy texts come about, how policy activists learn to
become effective in influence and text production, how policy problems are
constituted, and what happens in different policy contexts. The book concludes
with new theories, perspectives and possibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Joseph Lo Bianco is Director of Language </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Australia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and
Professor, Faculty of Education, </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Melbourne</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. His research
interests are language policy and planning, multilingualism and bilingualism in
social context, language and conflict, and literacy policy. He is the author of
</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Australia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>'s National
Policy on Languages (1987). During 1999 he wrote the National Language
Education Policy for </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sri Lanka</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> under World
Bank financing, and in 2000 he was a commissioned adviser on language education
policy in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Scotland</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Northern
Ireland</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. He was awarded
the Order of Australia for his work on language policy in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Australia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and internationally.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rosie Wickert is an Associate Professor at the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Technology</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sydney</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. She has
been active in the field of adult basic education for 20 years and has acted in
a consultative capacity to government departments and at UNESCO and OECD Expert
meetings. She was foundation Chair of the Australian Literacy Federation and
has been President of the Australian Council for Adult Literacy and the NSW
Council for Adult Literacy and Numeracy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Nicole
Hayes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Officer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
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</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Australia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Level
4, </span></font><st1:Street><st1:address><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>43-51 Queen Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Melbourne</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
VIC 3000<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>GPO
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Box</span></font></st1:Street><font
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372F</span></font></st1:address><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Melbourne</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
VIC 3001<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Tel:
(+61 3) 9612 2634 (direct line)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Fax:
(+61 3) 9612 2601<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Email:
<span class=SpellE>Nicole@languageaustralia.com.au</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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