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Lowien, Nathan – English in Australia, 2016
The past decade has seen videogames become an important facet in the economic and cultural tapestry of the 21st century. However, while the Australian Curriculum: English (ACE) advocates the teaching of multimodal texts (ACARA, 2016), videogames have been neglected within the curriculum. Nevertheless, such a significant aspect of popular 21st…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Values, Video Games, Foreign Countries
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Ireland, Jill; O'Sullivan, Kerry-Ann; Duchesne, Susan – English in Australia, 2017
This paper examines the relationship between the literary theories underpinning an English syllabus and teachers' personal epistemologies and pedagogical beliefs. The study discussed here used semi-structured interviews and an online survey to investigate 50 New South Wales teachers' views of the theoretical basis of a senior English syllabus that…
Descriptors: English Instruction, English Teachers, Course Descriptions, Correlation
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McDonald, Sarah – English in Australia, 2016
Historically, the position of girls as marginalised users of the education system has been acknowledged, particularly during the 1970s and 1980s. However, reflection upon the current "list of prescribed texts", which makes up part of the South Australian Certificate of Education Board's English Studies outline, as well as the author's…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Reading Materials, English Instruction, English Literature