In Conversation with: Professor Steve Larkin and Professor Mantz Yorke

Abstract

Editors Karen Nelson, John Clarke and Sally Kift interview Professor Steve Larkin, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Leadership, Charles Darwin University, Australia and Professor Mantz Yorke, Visiting Professor in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, England.   Steve and Mantz were the keynote speakers at the 14th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference held in Fremantle from 29 June to 1 July, 2011.   They joined the Journal Editors at the conclusion of the main conference program to explore some of the key themes raised in their addresses.  This feature interview presents a summary of that conversation.

Keywords

• teaching and learning, inclusive pedagogy, assessment, curriculum, widening participation, good practice