Project Launch: Literary Knowledge in the Making of English Teachers - 2 Dec 2016

How is literary knowledge understood, and how is literature experienced by Australian students and teachers?

Time: 5:30-7:00pm, Friday 2 December

Venue: Frank Tate Room, Level 9, Melbourne Graduate School of Education (map)

Please register to attend.

Investigating Literary Knowledge in the Making of English Teachers is a ground-breaking four year national research project about how literary knowledge is understood and how literature is experienced by Australian students and teachers. Come along to the project launch to hear from the research team and discuss English teaching and the role of literature in subject English.

  • Which texts have had the greatest impact on your life?
  • How many of these did you study at secondary school?
  • What do you hope your students will get from your literature teaching?
  • What keeps your interest in this area alive?

For more details, please visit the project website.