English in the national curriculum : what knowledge?

Wayne Sawyer

English in the national curriculum : what knowledge?

Wayne Sawyer

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Abstract

The NSW English syllabus for Forms I-IV, published in 1971, had as its aim ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“to develop in pupils the utmost personal competence in using the languageÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢. It famously represented the subject as a triangle, with each apex representing one of the three elements of the central phrase, ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“The language in use in contextÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢. In keeping with the central tenets of the then still relatively new ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“GrowthÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ model, the 1971 document stressed the active use of language to achieve ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“competenceÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢, thus representing ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“a deliberate shift of emphasis from English as information to English as activityÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢. The Syllabus was, and remains, as ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“revolutionaryÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“the most dramatic re-definition of junior secondary English for NSW in this centuryÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	50-52
Number of pages	3
Journal	Curriculum Perspectives
Volume	30
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

English
outlines, syllabi, etc.

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keywords = "English, outlines, syllabi, etc.",

author = "Wayne Sawyer",

year = "2010",

language = "English",

volume = "30",

pages = "50--52",

journal = "Curriculum Perspectives",

issn = "0159-7868",