Secondary English
Secondary English

Author: Rod Quin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-09-22

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1108746934

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Secondary English is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of teaching English in secondary schools for pre-service teachers. Written by highly accomplished English teachers, the book's practical approach to language, literacy and literature, fosters the skills of assessment, unit planning and teaching strategies.

Teaching Australian Literature
Teaching Australian Literature

Author: Brenton Doecke

Publisher: Wakefield Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1743050453

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Summary: What role should Australian literature play in the school curriculum? What principles should guide our selection of Australian texts? To what extent should concepts of the nation and a national identity frame the study of Australian writing? What do we imagine Australian literature to be? How do English teachers go about engaging their students in reading Australian texts? This volume brings together teachers, teacher educators, creative writers and literary scholars in a joint inquiry that takes a fresh look at what it means to teach Australian literature. The immediate occasion for the publication of these essays is the implementation of The Australian Curriculum: English, which several contributors subject to critical scrutiny. In doing so, they question the way that literature teaching is currently being constructed by standards-based reforms, not only in Australia but elsewhere.

The Future of English Teaching Worldwide
The Future of English Teaching Worldwide

Author: Andrew Goodwyn

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-31

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1351024450

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The seminal Dartmouth Conference (1966) remains a remarkably influential moment in the history of English teaching. Bringing together leading voices in contemporary English education, this book celebrates the Conference and its legacy, drawing attention to what it has achieved, and the questions it has raised. Encompassing a multitude of reflections on the Dartmouth Conference, The Future of English Teaching Worldwide provides fresh and revisionist readings of the meeting and its leading figures. Chapters showcase innovative and exciting new insights for English scholars, and address both theoretical and practical elements of teaching English in a variety of settings and countries. Covering topics including the place of new media in English curricula, the role of the canon, poetry and grammar, the text is divided into three accessible parts: Historical perspectives Dartmouth today: why it still matters Reflections: but for the future. This powerful collection will be of value to researchers, postgraduate students, literature scholars, practitioners, teacher educators, trainee and in-service teachers, as well as other parties involved in the teaching and study of English.

Languages other than English in Australian Higher Education
Languages other than English in Australian Higher Education

Author: Jennifer Joan Baldwin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-01-29

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 303005795X

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This book researches the study of languages other than English, and their place in the Australian tertiary sector. Languages are discussed in the context of the histories of Australian universities, and the series of reports and surveys about languages across the second half of the twentieth century. It demonstrates how changes in the ethnic mix of society are reflected in language offerings, and how policies on languages have changed as a result of societal influences. Also discussed is the extent to which influencing factors changed over time depending on social, cultural, political and economic contexts, and the extent to which governments prioritised the promotion and funding of languages because of their perceived contribution to the national interest. The book will give readers an understanding as to whether languages have mattered to Australia in a national and international sense and how Australia’s attention to languages has been reflected in its identity and its sense of place in the world.

Questions of English
Questions of English

Author: Jeanne Gerlach

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 113465460X

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The impact and content of English as a subject on the curriculum is once more the subject of lively debate. Questions of English sets out to map the development of English as a subject and how it has come to encompass the diversity of ideas that currently characterise it. Drawing on a combination of historical analysis and recent research findings Robin Peel, Annette Patterson and Jeanne Gerlach bring together and compare important new insights on curriculum development and teaching practice from England, Australia and the United States. They also discuss the development of teacher training, highlighting the variety of ways in which teachers build their own beliefs and knowledge about English.

Questions of English
Questions of English

Author: Robin Peel

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780415191197

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Offers a lively and accessible guide through past and present debates about the English curriculum which will appeal to students and practising teachers.