Kathleen Graves
Biographic Data
| ID | 5998110 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen Graves |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Graves |
| SIGNATURE | GRAVES K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mind the gap
Throughout my professional life, I have been interested in the relationship between teachers and curriculum. As someone who has taught languages, educated teachers, and developed curriculum and materials, I have been puzzled by the separation of curriculum and teaching. In the US, this separation is encapsulated in the phrase ‘curriculum and instruction’, where they are seen as separate domains of research and responsibility (Doyle, 1992; Kaplan …
An analysis of three curriculum approaches to teaching English in public-sector schools
This article explores three current, influential English language teaching (ELT) curriculum approaches to the teaching of English in public-sector schools at the primary and secondary level and how the theory of each approach translates into curriculum practice. These approaches are communicative language teaching (CLT), genre-based pedagogy, and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). For consistency across approaches, the theoretical u…
The language curriculum
This article examines curriculum from a social contextual perspective in which enactment – teaching and learning – is the central process, to which planning and evaluation contribute. It looks at the ways two kinds of contexts, target-language embedded and target-language removed, influence language curriculum planning and enactment. It provides a brief history of syllabus design and a rationale for moving beyond syllabus as the primary construct…
Teachers as Course Developers
1 Teachers as course developers 2 A framework of course design processes 3 Designing workplace ESOL courses for Chinese health care workers at a Boston nursing home 4 Designing a 7th grade social studies course for ESL students at an international school 5 Designing an English for academic purposes course for post-graduate students in Ecuador 6 Designing a writing component for Teen courses at a Brazilian educational institute 7 Planning an advan…
The language curriculum
This article examines curriculum from a social contextual perspective in which enactment – teaching and learning – is the central process, to which planning and evaluation contribute. It looks at the ways two kinds of contexts, target-language embedded and target-language removed, influence language curriculum planning and enactment. It provides a brief history of syllabus design and a rationale for moving beyond syllabus as the primary construct…
An analysis of three curriculum approaches to teaching English in public-sector schools
This article explores three current, influential English language teaching (ELT) curriculum approaches to the teaching of English in public-sector schools at the primary and secondary level and how the theory of each approach translates into curriculum practice. These approaches are communicative language teaching (CLT), genre-based pedagogy, and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). For consistency across approaches, the theoretical u…
Mind the gap
Throughout my professional life, I have been interested in the relationship between teachers and curriculum. As someone who has taught languages, educated teachers, and developed curriculum and materials, I have been puzzled by the separation of curriculum and teaching. In the US, this separation is encapsulated in the phrase ‘curriculum and instruction’, where they are seen as separate domains of research and responsibility (Doyle, 1992; Kaplan …
Teachers as Course Developers
1 Teachers as course developers 2 A framework of course design processes 3 Designing workplace ESOL courses for Chinese health care workers at a Boston nursing home 4 Designing a 7th grade social studies course for ESL students at an international school 5 Designing an English for academic purposes course for post-graduate students in Ecuador 6 Designing a writing component for Teen courses at a Brazilian educational institute 7 Planning an advan…
The language curriculum
This article examines curriculum from a social contextual perspective in which enactment – teaching and learning – is the central process, to which planning and evaluation contribute. It looks at the ways two kinds of contexts, target-language embedded and target-language removed, influence language curriculum planning and enactment. It provides a brief history of syllabus design and a rationale for moving beyond syllabus as the primary construct…
An analysis of three curriculum approaches to teaching English in public-sector schools
This article explores three current, influential English language teaching (ELT) curriculum approaches to the teaching of English in public-sector schools at the primary and secondary level and how the theory of each approach translates into curriculum practice. These approaches are communicative language teaching (CLT), genre-based pedagogy, and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). For consistency across approaches, the theoretical u…
Mind the gap
Throughout my professional life, I have been interested in the relationship between teachers and curriculum. As someone who has taught languages, educated teachers, and developed curriculum and materials, I have been puzzled by the separation of curriculum and teaching. In the US, this separation is encapsulated in the phrase ‘curriculum and instruction’, where they are seen as separate domains of research and responsibility (Doyle, 1992; Kaplan …
Mathematics education (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Curriculum (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works)