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Teaching | Jen Scott Curwood
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Jan 15th, 2015. Comments Off on Teaching. Undergraduate Classes at the University of Sydney. Semester 1, 2012 to present. Performance and learn about drama pedagogy. Semester 2, 2011 to present. In this class, pre-service teachers deepen their knowledge of the New South Wales Years 7-10 English Syllabus. Semester 1, 2012 to present. In Teaching English 3, students delve into the New South Wales Senior Syllabus. Youth and Digital Culture. Semester 2, 2013. Launched in 2013, this elective class investigate...
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Disability and YA Literature | Jen Scott Curwood
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Disability and YA Literature. Sep 27th, 2012. Children’s Literature in Education. Recently published my forthcoming article online. In Redefining Normal: A Critical Analysis of (Dis)ability in Young Adult Literature. I conducted a literary analysis of three recent winners of the Schneider Family Book Award. The abstract: This literary analysis examines constructions of normalcy and disability within contemporary young adult literature, including Jerk, California. Marcelo in the Real World.
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Sydney Teaching Colloquium | Jen Scott Curwood
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Oct 20th, 2014. I recently participated in the fourth annual Sydney Teaching Colloquium. Organised by the Institute for Teaching and Learning. Is putting assessment tasks, practices and processes under the spotlight. What are the assessment standards we need to pay attention to, where have they come from, and how helpful are they to both academics and students? In one presentation, we shared Ask Charlie. Designed and produced the mobile website and app. Our talk was entitled “Professional developme...
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Writing and Remixing | Jen Scott Curwood
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Aug 23rd, 2012. For the past year, I have been studying adolescent literacy and fan culture. I am interested in how online affinity spaces shape the way in which young people read and respond. To young adult literature, such as. Around the world, fans are writing. An online choose-your-own adventure story, is a great example of how young fans are engaging in writing and remixing. It features 24 stories, each written by a different fan. Writers were assigned a specific. Would they sacrifice their friends?
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The Female Perspective of Computer Science: July 2014
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Friday, July 18, 2014. Reflections on 'Learn to Program With Python'. This past June, I designed and taught an introductory programming course through Girl Develop It! Called Learn to Program With Python. It was a two-part course hosted at Shopify. You can check out the outline and delve into the detailed contents of the course here. The general feedback was positive, and the sense of community both nights was amazing. Alexandra sums it up well. I think our next courses will start to delve into the core ...
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2013 in Review | Jen Scott Curwood
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Jan 10th, 2014. Looking back, 2013 was a great year! My focus has been on my ethnographic research. Into adolescent literacy in online affinity spaces. Here are abstracts and links from my recent journal articles and book chapters. Curwood, J.S. (2013). The Hunger Games: Literature, literacy, and online affinity spaces. Language Arts, 90(6), 417-427. This article examines adolescent literacy practices related to The Hunger Games. Novels, the Neopets. Online game, and The Sims. Curwood, J.S. (2013...Curwo...
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LGBT-Inclusive Education in Australia | Jen Scott Curwood
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LGBT-Inclusive Education in Australia. Mar 6th, 2014. I was told that I couldn’t teach any books that contained gay characters. Our high school administration firmly believed that the community would object and that parents would demand the book be pulled from the shelves. Without explicitly saying so, they also believed that our students didn’t have a right to LGBT-inclusive education. Recently, my colleague Jackie Ullman. Discuss - No Comments. No comments yet. Why not add one below? Your email address...
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Reading, Motivation, and the Hunger Games | Jen Scott Curwood
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Reading, Motivation, and the Hunger Games. Mar 16th, 2012. As we near the release of the. Movie, the interest in the trilogy is spreading like wildfire. As a literacy educator, I’m excited that many young adults are reading the. And that teachers are integrating it into the curriculum. Previously, I’ve shared my ongoing research on adolescent literacy practices. I’ve also talked about how fan culture can inform how teachers approach the novels. According to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center. When yo...
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Andrew Burn on Games and Literacy | Jen Scott Curwood
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Andrew Burn on Games and Literacy. Oct 5th, 2012. This week, the University of Sydney’s Arts, English and Literacy Education. Research network hosted a talk by Professor Andrew Burn. Andrew is Professor of Media Education at the Institute of Education, University of London and the Director of the DARE. Making New Media: Creative Production and Digital Literacies. During his visit to Sydney, Andrew also delivered a keynote address for the Australian Association for the Teaching of English. Add a Comment C...
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Games | Jen Scott Curwood
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Posts filed as 'Games'. Andrew Burn on Games and. Reading and Responding to The. RECENT TWEETS FROM @JENSC3. It was Ivan Sen's Beneath Clouds. Pre-service English teachers working with Marrickville HS students today @SydneyEdSW. Learn more about the new Centre for Research on Learning and Innovation at #USYD. Jen poetry and technology for identity #crli. Talking research spoken word poetry #CLRI. Teacher Identity in Online Spaces. LGBT-Inclusive Education in Australia. Andrew Burn on Games and Literacy.
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