Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers: The Role of Literature in Shaping English Teachers' Professional Knowledge and Identities

ISBN-13: 9780367618636 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 272 str.

Larissa McLean Davies; Brenton Doecke; Philip Mead

Opis

At a time when knowledge is being 're-valued' as central to curriculum concerns, subject English is being called to account. This book puts long-standing debates about knowledge and knowing in English in dialogue with an investigation of how English teachers are made in the 21st century.

Spis treści

1. Knowledge, making and English teachers 2. Autobiographies of the question 3. Literary knowledge debates 4. Curriculum and knowledge questions: Is English peculiar? Vignette: Katya, Vignette: Scott 5. Shifting relationships between subject and discipline: English in Australia 6. Literary knowledge in the wider field: Reflections from literary studies academics, teacher educators and curriculum authorities, Vignette: Janet, Vignette: Clare 7. English teachers’ conceptions of literary knowledge 8. Literary sociability: Making meaning in English classrooms, Vignette: Craig, Vignette: Amaris 9. Knowledge proxies: Text selection and assessment 10. Literature and literacy: The ever-varying constants, Vignette: Rebecca, Vignette: Leo 11. Knowing and making: Classroom, curriculum and pedagogy 12. Crossing institutional boundaries: Negotiating a professional identity as an English teacher 13. Narratives, insights and next steps for questions of literary knowledge and English teaching