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Developing A School Based Science Curriculum: Teachers' Work As Language Work, Jennifer Ann Barnett
Developing A School Based Science Curriculum: Teachers' Work As Language Work, Jennifer Ann Barnett
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
While it is widely recognised that language is consequential in teachers' work within the classroom, this thesis argues that it is also consequential in their curriculum development work outside the classroom. The study takes a phenomenological approach based in a single school, and the key data sources are transcripts of teachers' meetings held to develop a new curriculum framework for their junior secondary science classes. The broad aims of the study are to better understand the ways in which language is consequential in that work, to consider the implications these have for understanding school based curriculum development, and to identify …