ERIC Number: EJ1211662
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Mar
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Literature in the Australian English Curriculum: Victorian Primary School Teachers' Practices, Challenges and Preparedness to Teach
Paatsch, Louise; Hutchison, Kirsten; Cloonan, Anne
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v44 n3 Article 4 p61-76 Mar 2019
The introduction of the Literature strand within the Australian Curriculum requires all teachers to engage students in print and digital literature that embrace the cross-curriculum priorities and support students to examine, evaluate, and discuss literary texts. However, such curriculum change assumes that primary school teachers who have often not studied literature as a specific method, have the confidence and content and pedagogical knowledge to plan and implement programs. This paper investigates teachers' views of their level of confidence and preparedness to teach literature, and to explore teachers' practices, challenges and enablers in teaching literature in both print and digital environments. Results show that this group of 321 primary school teachers reported varying levels of confidence, knowledge and practices, and offers new insights into complex challenges they've experienced when interpreting and enacting the literature curriculum. Findings suggest the critical need for professional learning and discuss the implications for initial-teacher education programs.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, English Curriculum, Literature, Elementary School Curriculum, Self Esteem, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Readiness, Educational Practices, Computer Uses in Education, Influences, Barriers
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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