ERIC Number: EJ1419658
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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ISSN: ISSN-1038-1562
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International Approaches to Writing Instruction: A Comparison of Curriculum in Australia and the USA
Katina Zammit; Joan Rhodes; Tammy Milby
Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, v45 n1 p1-18 2022
Being literate empowers individuals to be active citizens and enhances individuals self-esteem, self-confidence, and independence. In today's society, literacy requires much more than alphabetic knowledge. Curriculum documents provide content knowledge for teachers to refer to as they assess and plan for the learning needs of their students. However, they also have embedded within them particular views on what is to be taught and how to teach writing. In this paper, we analyse how the teaching and learning of writing is represented in the official (intended) English curriculum standards of the USA, the state of Virginia, and Australia, in New South Wales. Using content analysis, we analysed the standards for the approach/es explicitly or implicitly embedded in the writing standards. We found that a skills-based approach was the dominant discourse in both US and Australian intended curricula. A process approach was present much more in the Virginia standards than NSW, while a genre approach was more prominent in NSW curricula than Virginia. The creative and critical approaches were less present in both countries. We acknowledge that the enacted curriculum may differ to that of the intended official curriculum as teachers bring their own interpretations to the official curriculum documents.
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Curriculum, Academic Standards, Comparative Analysis, English Instruction
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Virginia
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