Positive outcomes from collaborative work between University Researchers and Teachers in raising standards for all students including ESL students by instigating intellectually challenging curriculum through creative and innovative planning. How is intellectual quality realised in the classroom. SCLA positions teachers and students being active in collaborative learning processes.
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.