Finds that, overall, a group of the lowest-achieving Year 7 boys benefited from using computers, and that this benefit derived from the support it provided them in their writing and its motivating appeal. Finds also that being in "the computer literacy class" also helped to overcome some of the stigma associated with being in the lowest…

Argues that the abolishment of the Disadvantaged Schools Program (DSP) in South Australia represented a shift away from a focus on the social to the individual, from curriculum to instruction, from school-based inquiry and teacher research to expert solutions, and from various contexted and contested outcomes to a singular and simplistic version…

Compares this instructional approach with the traditional-classroom method and suggests equipment that an English workshop needs. (RL)

Describes a project for neophyte teachers developed at Tarramurra High School in Sydney, Australia, aimed toward finding methods of teaching poetry to which students respond. (HOD)

Discusses the development of drama as a learning tool for children's language development. Applies James Britton's methods of language classification to the construction of functional categories of language that operate within the framework of drama and creative dramatics. (RL)

Explores the largely unexamined years of English teaching between the 1910s and 1960s in Australia in order to supplement available forms of English curriculum history. Contends that an examination of teacher training curriculum and materials for this period would provide a useful way of further investigating the kind of English…

Addresses that distinctive contribution of English to the development of students' literate capabilities as they progress through the years of schooling. Develops a framework for thinking about the nature of knowledges and the repertoires of literate practice made available to students of the English classroom. Explains different understandings…

Argues that many educationists place an unwarranted emphasis upon the social construction of masculinity and literacy and give it primacy when outlining a framework for change. Claims a literacy program, which meets the needs of all students, will acknowledge that those needs vary greatly within gender groupings as well as across these groupings.…

Presents an interview with Allan Luke, current editor of "The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy," and Deputy Director General of Education for Queensland. Discusses several reform projects--Education 2010 (a futures-oriented analysis and philosophy for Queensland Schools); The New Basics ( a new curriculum/pedagogy/assessment…

Reports on the problems an Australian high school English department had in promoting a school policy for language across the curriculum. (RL)

Considers the notion that "standards" of English instruction and literacy are declining to be a false diagnosis. Offers evidence to refute such a "decline theory." (RL)

Describes teaching methods used in an English program for a heterogeneous group of students. (RL)

Discusses ways that schools and English teachers should respond to the social and technological changes. (FL)

Analyzes different approaches to English teaching in light of recent sociological accounts of the role in the reproduction of culture and society. Draws upon the work of Gramsci, Bourdieu, Passeron, and Bernstein to examine the class location of English and English teachers. (FL)

Follows the progress of "negotiation" (a force for democratizing the curriculum) in Tasmanian English classrooms, claiming it (1) allows a fluid space where teachers and students can work together; (2) provides an alternative to direct and indirect political influence over curriculum construction; and (3) has the potential to empower…