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Direct linkWells, Shannon; Moon, Brian – English in Education, 2021
Secondary school English is shaped not only by complex institutional and discursive forces but also by the mundane reality of available resources. Among the resources used by teachers are commercial textbooks. Classroom textbooks can play a significant role in determining what gets taught in English lessons. They can also influence assumptions…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Secondary School Students, Textbooks, Teaching Methods
Cheung, Kelly; O'Sullivan, Kerry-Ann – English in Australia, 2021
This paper reports on the text selections of two English teachers from different schools in New South Wales, Australia who participated in a larger research study that explored the decision-making of teachers planning for and teaching Stage 5 (Years 9 and 10) English. The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon these teachers' reasons for…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, English Teachers, Reading Material Selection
Booth, Emily; Narayan, Bhuva – English in Australia, 2018
This article explores findings from an investigation into the publishing experiences of Australian authors of inclusive Young Adult (YA) fiction. A total of seven authors, each publicly identifying as part of a marginalised community in Australia, were interviewed. This paper concentrates on the findings of semi-structured interviews with two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Adolescent Literature, Fiction
Reid, Ian – English in Australia, 2013
A national survey of senior secondary English curriculum content has confirmed that contemporary literature predominates among set texts, being seen as an "essential" category for study because of its "relevance" in helping students "understand the world in which they live." Perhaps uncontentious -- depending on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Secondary Education
Jenkins, Henry, Ed.; Kelley, Wyn, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2013
Building on the groundbreaking research of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media & Learning initiative, this book crosses the divide between digital literacies and traditional print culture to engage a generation of students who can read with a book in one hand and a mouse in the other. "Reading in a Participatory Culture" tells the story of an…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, English Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, Language Arts
Rojas, Mary Alexandra – English Education, 2010
The term "Latino" in this paper adopts a U.S. definition to refer to those persons born/living in the United States who are of Latin American ancestry. U.S. Latino literature is defined as literature that is originally composed mostly in English, but not exclusively, by authors of U.S. Latino background. Selections of Latino literature…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, High Schools, Textbooks, Anthologies
