Use of SFL to map the role of language (form and function) in learning History in Australian Secondary schools. Consciousness raising- both staff and students. Included ethnographic interviews to identify approx. 100 successful texts for analysis. Genre -purpose -staging. Teaching -learning cycle (deconstruction - work on genre- grammar-lexis - students' writing improved - particularly text structure and organisation.
The research question asks how interactive whiteboards can support interactivity and dialogic communication between teachers and students. This is mostly focused on use in Secondary History; although Primary and middle schools included in the study.