Language Curriculum Design and Socialisation / / Peter Mickan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Mickan, Peter,
• MitwirkendeR: Mickan, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Preface --; Introduction: Curriculum Design and Renewal --; 1. Texts in the Fabric of Life --; 2. Change and Renewal in Curriculum Design --; 3. Learning the Language of Social Practices --; 4. Curriculum Design --; 5. Curriculum Planning --; 6. Teaching Practices --; 7. Curriculum Applications --; 8. Curriculum Design in Higher Education: Planning Academic Programmes --; 9. Language Planning, Curriculum Renewal and the Teacher as Researcher --; Conclusion --; References
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847698315; 9783111024738; 9783110663136; 9783110606713
• DOI: 10.21832/9781847698315
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Peter Mickan.

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.