[English] English teacher
Mary Mason
mary.mason at geelongcollege.vic.edu.au
Tue Oct 31 10:30:41 EST 2006
We are looking for an English teacher - a one year position at Geelong
for Years 9 - 12. Do any of you know of anyone who might be interested?
Mary
>>> jill.wilson at curriculum.edu.au 30/10/2006 9:07 am >>>
Dear Jo
We haven't considered this but if we got some examples of writing
which
were interesting, I can't see why we wouldn't put some in.
Jill
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Subject: Re: [English] Ideas for a new anthology would be good
Are you also looking for unpublished writing or just published
writing.
Could student writing be considered? (I'm thinking secondary school
students)?
cheers,
Jo
--- Margaret Zeegers <m.zeegers at ballarat.edu.au>
wrote:
> I have a couple of suggestions:
> The Prologue from Feral Kid (p. 7) as well as the chapter 26
'Morning'
> from the same book, pp 163-164 (part of a homelessness theme re
place,
> and personal shaping
>
> I would also suggest any passage at all from Steven Herrick's 'By the
> River', but especially 'Sometime, someday' pp.
> 201-202 and 'The Big
> River', pp. 24-25
>
> Cheers
> mz
>
> Dr Margaret Zeegers
> Senior Lecturer
> School of Education
> University of Ballarat
> University Drive
> Mt Helen
> Victoria
> Australia, 3363
>
> Ph: + 61 3 5327 9327
> Fax: + 61 3 5327 9717
> email: m.zeegers at ballarat.edu.au
>
> >>> "Wilson, Jill" <jill.wilson at curriculum.edu.au>
> 10/27/06 1:39 PM >>>
> Dear group
>
> I am hoping that some of you might be interested in helping with a
> project I'm currently managing. Curriculum Corporation will be
> publishing the following in January 2008:
>
> The project is a collection of writing and art which has attempted to
> characterise Australians, a collection of text types which explore
> notions of Australian identity. It will include a range of genres
> that are engaging for an upper secondary school audience (Year 11 -
> 12) as well as a general audience.
>
>
>
> The aim is to compile a collection of voices which are diverse,
> contradictory, provocative and, at times, complementary of each
other.
> The text as a whole is designed to explore the notion of identity
and,
> in particular, the conversations, past and present, that Australians
> have about who they are and what has shaped them as a people. It
will
> provide a richness of materials, speculative opportunities and space
> for
> reflection about this issue. The themes are
> outlined at the end of the
> email.
>
>
>
> I would like some ideas from all of you as practising English
teachers
> - do you have favourite pieces tucked away that we could use? The
> text types are varied - poetry, extracts from novels, cartoons,
> essays, newspaper articles, artwork etc.
>
>
> We would pursue the copyright on anything you suggest that is
> selected.
> I'm afraid that there is only glory in the project, not money
attached
> to helping but we will acknowledge your help.
>
> Any suggestions can be posted to me or emailed (if you have it in
> electronic form). My mailing address is:
> Jill Wilson
> Curriculum Corporation
> PO Box 177
> Carlton South 3053
>
> If you need an Express Post bag to help with this, just send me an
> email with your mailing address. It you sned anything, can you
please
> attach a copy of the publication details so we can chase copyright.
>
> The collected voices are intended to produce an energetic and
engaging
> approach to being Australian. The collection should be
> non-stereotypical, focused on the contemporary as well as traditional
> views of what it is to be Australian. The collection should include
> pieces which relate to and "speak to" each other as well as pieces
> which problematise the content. As a text for English classrooms, the
> text will range across modes of expression from fine literary writing
> to pictures to pieces expressing strong arguments.
>
>
>
> The intention is that school students emerge with:
>
> * interest in and increased understandings of how
> and why identity
> is talked about and represented
> * some knowledge of traditional ways in which
> questions of
> identity have been approached in Australia
> * awareness of competing, contradictory and
> contemporary views of
> this topic.
> * having participated in discussions about
> contesting views of
> what it is to be Australian
> * the joyful experience of experiencing good writing
> and finely
> honed argument.
>
>
>
> The resource is intended to include content about the following:
>
>
>
> Shapers of identity like:
>
> * The places "we" live: Landscapes - Eastern
> seaboard/vast empty
> interior, urban landscapes, rural landscapes, the beach
> * Who are "we"?: People and events - Recent and past
> events which
> have shaped attitudes and values, prominent Australians, Indigenous
> people of Australia, immigrants to Australia
>
>
>
> Expressions of identity like:
>
> * The way "we" talk about ourselves - How we are
> constructed by
> and in the media -opinion, reflection and commentary, major political
> speeches
> * How do "we" see ourselves? - depiction of
> Australia and
> Australians in The Arts (literature, visual arts, music, television
> shows and film)
> * The games we play - National pride in sporting
> achievement,
> sporting events and their significance, sporting heroes
> * How do "we" represent ourselves?: Icons as
> reflections of
> Australian identity
>
> Many thanks
> Jill
>
>
>
> Jill Wilson
>
> Manager, Studies of Asia
>
> Curriculum Corporation
>
> Level 5 Casselden Place
>
> 2 Lonsdale Street
>
> Melbourne 3000
>
> Ph: +613 9657 9773
>
> Fax: +613 9639 1616
>
> Fax: 1300 780 545 (within Australia Only)
>
> Email: jill.wilson at curriculum.edu.au
>
>
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