Negotiating the english curriculum with year 8 boys
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Article Title | Negotiating the english curriculum with year 8 boys |
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ERA Journal ID | 20439 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Riddle, Stewart |
Journal Title | English in Australia |
Journal Citation | 43 (2), pp. 51-57 |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2008 |
Publisher | Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) |
Place of Publication | Norwood, South Australia |
ISSN | 0046-208X |
0155-2147 | |
Web Address (URL) | http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;res=AEIPT;dn=171647 |
Abstract | This action research project investigated the effects of negotiating curriculum on the affective attitudes of boys in the author's Year 8 English class towards studying English at high school. The site of the study was the general-use English classroom at a moderately-sized private boy's school in metropolitan South-East Queensland. The ensuing unit involved developing autobiographical narratives to create, share and critique the students' life-stories, undertaking learning activities that were developed through the negotiation process. A pre- negotiated curriculum survey and post-negotiated curriculum survey were conducted, as well as collecting data from the negotiated curriculum sessions, and weekly student feedback and reflections on the learning activities. The negotiated curriculum experience yielded positive outcomes for both the students and the author, although it was difficult to make claims of correlation and statistical significance from the data, due to the near-curricular isolation and novelty of the experience. There is much more work that needs to be done on the effects of negotiated curriculum on the affective and academic outcomes for students, and the action research method seems well-placed as an authentic, naturalistic tool for undertaking this challenge. |
Keywords | affective behaviour; english; english curriculum; literacy education; males; middle years; negotiated curriculum; nongovernment schools; secondary school students; student attitudes; student participation; teaching methods |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520102. Educational psychology |
390104. English and literacy curriculum and pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL) | |
390406. Gender, sexuality and education | |
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Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0vv4/negotiating-the-english-curriculum-with-year-8-boys
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