Investigating literary knowledge in the making of English teachers.

本项目旨在对文学知识在学科英语中的作用产生新的认识。英语教育是澳大利亚学校的必修课；然而，学科内容以及教师的知识和教学方法都受到高度争议，特别是在文学教学方面。通过全国调查、焦点小组访谈和纵向研究，该项目旨在对早期职业教师所需的文学知识、课程和专业实践对学科知识的影响以及整个学校和大学的文学研究运作提供新的认识。值得注意的是，它计划使用“文学社交性”，一种创新的方法，来产生对澳大利亚文学研究的实证和概念性观点，这将具有国际价值。

This project aims to create new understanding of the role of literary knowledge within subject English. English education is mandated in Australian schooling; however, subject content as well as teachers’ knowledge and pedagogical approaches are highly contested, particularly regarding the teaching of literature. Using a national survey, focus group interviews and a longitudinal study, the project aims to provide new understandings of the literary knowledge that early career teachers need, of the impact of curricula and professional practice on disciplinary knowledge, and about the operation of literary studies across school and university. Significantly, it plans to use ‘literary sociability’, an innovative methodology, to generate empirical and conceptual perspectives on literary studies in Australia that will be of value internationally.