Curriculum form and professional practice: insights from systemic functional linguistics.

Autor/inn/en	Beck, Luke; Grainger, Peter; Durbidge, Levi
Titel	Curriculum form and professional practice: insights from systemic functional linguistics.
Quelle	In: Discourse : studies in the cultural politics of education, 47 (2026) 2, S. 274-288Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen; Literaturangaben S. 286-288
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1469-3739
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2025.2551362
Schlagwörter	Bildungswesen; Bildungsreform; Curriculum; Curriculumreform; Linguistik
Abstract	The form of curriculum documents plays a crucial yet often overlooked role in shaping teacher professional practice and educational outcomes. While curriculum content has been widely studied, less attention has been paid to how formal elements, such as structure, taxonomies, and definitions, mediate teaching. In this article, we examine the concept of curriculum form, review prior work on the issue and explore reasons for its neglect. We argue for the value of using Systemic Functional Linguistics in curriculum texts analysis to advance research on curriculum form. We demonstrate the utility of this approach with an analysis of a contemporary curriculum document, the Queensland Japanese Senior Syllabus (QCAA. (2024). Japanese 2025 v1.2 general senior syllabus. Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority. https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior-qce/syllabuses/snr_japanese_25_syll.pdf), and show how networks of intertextual links constrain curriculum interpretation, how interpersonal language resources are linked to accountability practices, and how language choices in the text can shift the locus of curriculum control in the direction of teacher professionalism or central prescription.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2026/4