Date of Award
2007
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Education (Research)
School
School of Education
Faculty
Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences
First Supervisor
Dr Brian Moon
Abstract
This research investigates the problem of teaching documentary texts in the secondary English classroom in Western Australia. Historical studies of the subject indicate that it serves three functions; ethical training, aesthetic cultivation and rhetorical training. Previous research from the governmental perspective has investigated the problems associated with Literary texts, popular television drama and personal-response essay writing; it emerges that these familiar pedagogical activities are deployed in classrooms to function as opportunities to engage students in ethical training, often at the expense of the latter two functions. This research project is a post-positivist theoretical discussion supplemented by qualitative data in the form of interviews.
Recommended Citation
Bender, S. M. (2007). Learning the documentary lesson: Theory and practice in English. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/6