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Zhou, Simon – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2020
Moral development in gifted education is an issue of imperative importance due to the potential of gifted students to change the world. In consideration of this issue and the lack of research on the topic, this study examined the extent to which moral development was present within the senior secondary English curricula at an academically…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Moral Values, Academically Gifted, Talent
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Yiannakis, John – Issues in Educational Research, 2014
Using information gathered from a specifically created database, ALIAS, this paper sets out to examine the variations and changes to the works that appeared on the English reading lists of the different Australian states in their literature course(s) between 1945 and 2005. All those states which offered a set of public examinations at the end of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Literature, Reading Lists, English Curriculum
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Muthiah, Rajendran – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The Post Graduate Teachers who teach English as a second language to Higher Secondary Classes that is 11th and 12th grades need to cultivate a good sense of appreciation for poetry. They must have an inherent thirst for reading poetry aloud and competence to elucidate the essential characteristics of poetry. A study was launched to understand the…
Descriptors: Poetry, English Curriculum, English Instruction, English Literature
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Frawley, Emily – English in Australia, 2014
This paper discusses a research project undertaken to examine teachers' perceptions of creative writing in the senior English curriculum. It was a case study undertaken in a state high school in Melbourne under the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). The project investigated the challenges facing English teachers as they prepare students to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creative Writing, English Curriculum, Secondary School Teachers
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McCurry, Doug – English in Australia, 2010
This paper outlines the analysis of subject English in a report written for the Commonwealth government entitled "Year 12 Curriculum Content and Achievement Standards" (CCAS). This report could not find "a core of common content (either topics or skills) in senior English (including Literature)". In the light of the diversity…
Descriptors: Tests, Foreign Countries, English Instruction, Questioning Techniques
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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