Reflecting on who I am and where I want to be…
What is literary learning? A simple answer would be that literary learning means learning by reading literature. However, I am learning that it is not just about being exposed to literary texts, but it is the strategies that are embedded within the learning, that encourage dialogic processes and critical and creative thinking. It is the…
An integral part of the role of TL is engaging students, teachers and the broader school community to ensure fictional texts are valued and embedded into teaching and learning programs. TL’s are in a unique position to support learning within a school as they work with teachers across all learning areas, and therefore should engage…
Climate fiction is often categorised as a sub-genre of speculative fiction, which draws on the contextual fears of its composers and encapsulates the anxieties of its era, in order to transpose these issues into a possible future. Unlike typical science fiction, speculative fiction tends to focus on the human condition and response to this new…