Literature 2023: A Speculative Curriculum of Possibility

The development of curriculum requires dialogue with both past and future. As the state of Victoria gears up to revise the current study design for Literature, one of three 'Englishes' students can study at senior levels, numbers of students opting to take the subject have dropped over rec...

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Published inEnglish in Australia Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 56 - 64
Main Author McKnight, Lucinda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Norwood Australian Association for the Teaching of English 01.01.2020
Subjects
Collaboration
Computer Simulation
Creative writing
Curricula
Educational Research
English Curriculum
English Instruction
Essays
Independent study
Language
Learning
Literary Criticism
Literature
Schools
Social Studies
Students
Teaching
Writing
Young Adults
Australia
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Summary:The development of curriculum requires dialogue with both past and future. As the state of Victoria gears up to revise the current study design for Literature, one of three 'Englishes' students can study at senior levels, numbers of students opting to take the subject have dropped over recent years. With high-stakes exam-based assessment dominant, the Literature course has been narrowed significantly over the past three decades to privilege writing text response essays under exam conditions. This article seeks to imagine a different curriculum, that articulates with possible student futures and tells a different story from the current study design. This small project in creative writing as educational research hopes to inspire others to imagine curriculum differently.
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