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Janfada, Mahtab; Thomas, Chermaine – English in Australia, 2020
This paper examines the ideological underpinnings of the English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum that drive the practice of secondary teachers in Victoria, Australia, and how students' needs and rights are seen and addressed in and through English discourse and hegemony. Bakhtin's (1986) dialogic approach and van Lier's (1996) AAA…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hidden Curriculum, Multilingualism, Secondary School Students
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Alimorad, Zahra – SAGE Open, 2016
Due to the crucial role textbooks play in any educational system, an urgent need is felt to examine, evaluate, and choose the most suitable ones available. This study is an attempt to critically examine and uncover the hidden curriculum in First Certificate Masterclass (FCM) that is taught at Navid institute in Iran. To this aim, FCM was deeply…
Descriptors: Social Values, Textbook Evaluation, Hidden Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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Bruna, Katherine Richardson – Bilingual Research Journal, 2009
This position paper observes the impact of "Proposition 227", California's "English for the Children" initiative, on the professional development of teachers of English Learners. It draws on information I obtained while working as an evaluator of the California Teacher Institutes (CTIs), a network of institutes aimed to enhance…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Language Planning, Teacher Effectiveness, Hidden Curriculum
Rabin, Lisa M. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2009
A significant number of community service-learning projects in higher education involve the teaching or tutoring of immigrants in English. As in related service-learning scholarship, these projects are commonly informed by perspectives on cultural difference, social justice, and power relations in U.S. society. Yet while faculty pair their…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Language Role, Ideology, Service Learning