Reshaping English Teacher Practices: Insights from Queensland State Syllabus Reform

Autor/inn/en	Alford, Jennifer; Gordon, Danielle; Lennon, Sherilyn
Titel	Reshaping English Teacher Practices: Insights from Queensland State Syllabus Reform
Quelle	In: English in Australia, 57 (2022) 1, S.28-38 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-2147
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; English Teachers; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Curriculum Development; Secondary Education; Creative Writing; Feedback (Response); Grading; Evaluation Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Sekundarbereich; Kreatives Schreiben; Notengebung; Schulnote; Lehrerverhalten; Australien
Abstract	In 2019, a new English Senior Secondary syllabus (QCAA, 2019) was implemented in all schools across Queensland, Australia. This syllabus, incorporating high-stakes external examinations and supporting documents, instigated a shift in the teaching and assessing of senior secondary English that has been both challenging and revitalising for teachers. We present findings from an instrumental case study designed to explore how a new, more highly defined syllabus has been shifting and reshaping Queensland English teachers' practices. These teachers noted significant and strategic shifts in their practice concerning teaching creative writing, giving feedback, sharing understandings of grading descriptors with external markers, the quantification of marking, and large-scale external assessment processes. We argue that emergent practices that result from wholesale curricular reform need to be carefully observed and reflected on by all stakeholders as teachers move beyond initial transition stages, to ensure that practice is always evolving in professionally responsive ways. (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	2024/1/01