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Estens, Peta; Curwood, Jen Scott – English in Australia, 2020
Creativity is integral to the inquiry process. Inquiry-based work highlights students' understanding of the ways that literature and language mediate lived experiences and social relationships. Within the secondary English classroom, students and teachers can engage in collaborative and imaginative activities to read texts, ask questions, and…
Descriptors: Creativity, Inquiry, English Literature, English Instruction
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Mills, Kathy; Comber, Barbara; Kelly, Pippa – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2013
This article is a call to literacy teachers and researchers to embrace the possibility of attending more consciously to the senses in digital media production. Literacy practices do not occur only in the mind, but involve the sensoriality, embodiment, co-presence, and movement of bodies. This paper theorises the sensorial and embodied dimension of…
Descriptors: Photography, Language Arts, Foreign Countries, Films
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Watt, Helen M. G. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
This article presents latent growth modeling, a particular application of multilevel modeling, to examine the development of adolescents' math- and English-related talent perceptions and intrinsic values which are emphasized by Expectancy-Value theory as important precursors to a range of achievement-related outcomes. The longitudinal…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Adolescents
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Knight, Assunta – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2009
The context for this teacher narrative is a multicultural South Australian secondary school with over 50 nationalities represented, where many of the older students are disengaged from English. A transformative moment for the writer occurred following research for here doctoral thesis, which unexpectedly challenged her thinking about the English…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Student Participation, English Instruction, Secondary School Teachers
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Berlach, Richard G.; O'Neill, Michael – Australian Journal of Education, 2008
Opinion surrounding Western Australia's provision of compulsory education via an outcomes-based education (OBE) paradigm is severely divided. At the centre of debate is an attempt by authorities to extend OBE into the final years of secondary schooling, Years 11 and 12. In this paper an examination is made of OBE as a curriculum paradigm.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, Outcome Based Education, Models
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Cox, Peter J.; Leder, Gilah C.; Forgasz, Helen J. – Australian Journal of Education, 2004
Gender differences in participation and performance at "high stakes" examinations have received much public attention, which has often focused on mathematics and science subjects. This paper describes the innovative forms of assessment introduced into mathematics and science subjects within the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)…
Descriptors: Females, Males, Gender Differences, High Stakes Tests