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Table of Contents
Abstract ....................................................................................................................................... i
Certification of Dissertation ..................................................................................................... iii
Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................... v
Chapter One: Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.1.2 Working definitions. ................................................................................................. 3
1.2 Rationale of the Study ...................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Motivation to Conduct the Research ................................................................................ 6
1.4 Purpose and Relevance of the Research .......................................................................... 7
1.5 The Epistemological Domain of Research ...................................................................... 8
1.6 Central Research Problem................................................................................................ 9
1.7 Structure of Dissertation ................................................................................................ 10
Chapter Two: Literature Review ............................................................................................. 13
2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 13
2.2 Introduction to Official Knowledge ............................................................................... 16
2.3 Defining Textbooks ....................................................................................................... 26
2.4 Defining hegemony as ideological power. ..................................................................... 36
2.5 Dominant discourses. ..................................................................................................... 40
2.6 Resistant discourses. ...................................................................................................... 42
2.7 Constructions of National Identity through School Curriculum .................................... 45
2.8 Curriculum Approaches in Humanities Disciplines ...................................................... 61
2.9 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................... 70
Chapter Three: Methodology, Research Design and Conduct ................................................. 71
3.1 Introduction: Bricolage as Methodology ....................................................................... 71
3.2 Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis. .................................................................. 81
3.3 Description of Critical Discourse Analysis Approaches ............................................... 88
3.4 Contentions with Critical Discourse Analysis Methodology......................................... 91
3.5 Introduction and Theoretical Framing of Visual Analysis ............................................ 97
3.6 Introduction to Historical Methodology ...................................................................... 103
3.7 Disclosure of Researcher ............................................................................................. 113
3.8 Data Collection and Selection ..................................................................................... 119
3.9 Research Analysis ........................................................................................................ 128
3.10 Post Analysis and Conclusion .................................................................................... 134
3.11 Chapter Conclusion and Summary ............................................................................ 135
Chapter Four: Data Analysis Introduction ............................................................................. 137
4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 137
4.2 Queensland Schooling Context and Education History Overview .............................. 137
4.3 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 144
Chapter Five: Before and immediately after WWI ................................................................ 147
5.1 Historical Context of the Era ....................................................................................... 147
5.2 Education Context ........................................................................................................ 148
5.3 Categories Emerging from Analysis ............................................................................ 153
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