No Time for the "Airy Fairy": Teacher Perspectives on Creative Writing in High Stakes Environments

Autor/in	Frawley, Emily
Titel	No Time for the "Airy Fairy": Teacher Perspectives on Creative Writing in High Stakes Environments
Quelle	In: English in Australia, 49 (2014) 1, S.17-26 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-2147
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Creative Writing; English Curriculum; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; English Teachers; High Stakes Tests; Writing Attitudes; Grade 12; Secondary School Curriculum; High Schools; Focus Groups; Interviews; Case Studies; Influences; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kreatives Schreiben; Lehrerverhalten; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; High school; Oberschule; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Australien
Abstract	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 write creatively in VCE, the impact of high-stakes testing on creative writing, and the impact of teachers' epistemological beliefs about writing on their teaching of creative writing. One key finding was the way in which distinctions are made between writing taught at the senior levels and conceptions of creative writing in the junior years of high school. The study also revealed the paradox that teachers find it difficult to facilitate good writing development within high-stakes assessment environments. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for the Teaching of English. English House, 416 Magill Road, Kensington Gardens, SA 5068 Australia. Tel: +61-8-8332-2845; Fax: +61-8-8333-0394; e-mail: aate@aate.org.au; Web site: http://www.aate.org.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10