ERIC Number: EJ1307852
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Publication Date: 2020
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Asia Literacy, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and the Australian Curriculum
Curwood, Jen Scott; Gauci, Regan
English in Australia, v55 n2 p15-23 2020
This article explores how Australian English teachers can thoughtfully and critically address the cross-curriculum priority 'Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia' in secondary classrooms. It builds on our prior research, which highlighted factors that shape teacher attitudes towards addressing this cross-curriculum priority, the perceived evidence of political and economic motivations behind the inclusion of the priority, and the ways English teachers define and conceptualise Asia. We offer case studies of two New South Wales English teachers as they strive to reconcile curriculum requirements with classroom practices and to address the cross-curriculum priority in a way that promotes deep learning and critical engagement for students. This article draws on culturally sustaining pedagogy, highlights the importance of text selection and offers recommendations for high-quality and award-winning films, plays, memoirs, poems and novels that can be readily integrated into the secondary English curriculum.
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Case Studies, English Teachers, English Curriculum, Classroom Techniques, Secondary School Teachers, Films, Poetry, Drama, Novels, Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Political Influences, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Processes, Economic Factors, Asian Studies, Asian Culture
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Asia
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