Kirjahaku

We-all of us who write, organize, and read The Canadian Journal for Teacher Research-are Brock University's colleagues. And, we wish to come out from behind the scenes. Because we believe research matters, we formed this space to encourage a wider sharing and a broader consideration of educational research.We believe research can help us seek answers to key questions;we also believe engaging in research to answer our questions helps us become connected and powerful.Our agenda is to investigate all aspects of life of/in schools, focusing upon the good work of teachers and the learning of both children and teachers.We believe we are part of a large community of colleagues who wish the same.With this journal, to create a meeting place for those of us who seek to better understand teaching and learning.What is happening in the United States with teaching and learning the space we are building can be seen as a bit radical.It is our resistance to outside force.It is encouragement for us all in our difficult work.

The Bournley's of Beetle Creek - you'll love 'em ... but you'll be so glad they're not your family. DAD has a philosophical bent, steals the odd sheep and scrounges for choice items at the local garbage dumpMUM judges the annual CWA scone-making contest, protects her brood fiercely, and handles herself well in a street fightDENNY, aged 7, traps rats on the bedroom window sill and does a nice little sideline in blackmailLUCY, aged 12, is a spooky recluse who foretells the future of each family memberMARCIE, aged 15, discovers lust in the dust and never looks backDAVO, aged 16, the Beetle Creek Casanova, is no stranger to hard yakka or sexual benevolenceUNCLE WALLY is fresh out of jail ...and JACK is writing it all down This rollicking tale in the traditional Australian bush yarn genre is definitely NOT for children, as it has adult themes. It is set in the Aussie bush - in a small fictional village in northern New South Wales in the 1950s.

Yesterday, Blake Abbott was a bored 11-year-old schoolkid in Brisbane, Australia.Today, thanks to the double-dealing, treacherous Sir Hubert Tussleberry, he is now Sir Blake the Bored, the youngest knight in mad King Putrid's kingdom of Tortellini.His mother is about to be roasted by a dragon, the hideous, shape-shifting Garunchis are after him, Prince Purpleburp commands him to walk the tightrope ... up there gulp]and - worst of all - the bloodthirsty Princess Olivia wants to kiss him.Slaying a dragon is starting to look easy.