Language Curriculum Design and Socialisation (Paperback)

Peter Mickan

ISBN 10: 1847698298 / ISBN 13: 9781847698292

Published by Channel View Publications Ltd, Bristol, 2012

About this Item

Paperback. This book applies social theory to curriculum design and sets out a program for language curriculum renewal for the 21st century. It includes many examples of text-based curricula and describes a plan for curriculum renewal based on texts as the unit of analysis for planning, for teaching and for assessment. Underpinned by Halliday's semiotic theory of language, the book combines the theory of language as a resource for meaning-making with learning language as learning to mean. The curriculum design constructs curriculum around social practices and their texts rather than presenting language as grammatical and lexical objects. This work will provide teachers, teacher educators and curriculum planners with a curriculum model for teaching children and adults in different contexts from preschool to adult education as well as serving as a practical guide for students. This book fills a gap in language education through the application of social theory to curriculum design. It describes an integrated theoretical framework for curriculum design and presents examples of text-based curriculum. It provides a curriculum model for teaching children and adults in different contexts from preschool to adult education. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language Curriculum Design and Socialisation (Paperback)
• Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd, Bristol
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847698298
• ISBN 13: 9781847698292
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book applies social theory to curriculum design and sets out a program for language curriculum renewal for the 21st century. It includes many examples of text-based curricula and describes a plan for curriculum renewal based on texts as the unit of analysis for planning, for teaching and for assessment. Underpinned by Halliday’s semiotic theory of language, the book combines the theory of language as a resource for meaning-making with learning language as learning to mean. The curriculum design constructs curriculum around social practices and their texts rather than presenting language as grammatical and lexical objects. This work will provide teachers, teacher educators and curriculum planners with a curriculum model for teaching children and adults in different contexts from preschool to adult education as well as serving as a practical guide for students.

About the Author

Peter Mickan is an experienced school teacher, tertiary educator and researcher. He manages and teaches in the postgraduate applied linguistics program in the Discipline of Linguistics at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. He supervises a large research group of students who study language use, learning and teaching in different contexts from systemic functional linguistic perspectives. His research interests include language learning, bilingual education, text-based teaching applied in different languages and contexts, revival linguistics, and the development of academic literacies.