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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>This is a call to those members who currently teach Australian
literature and film in any context (Cultural Studies, Literary Studies,
Communication). We'd like to draw your attention to our ALTC funded
project, 'Teaching Australian Literature Survey', and invite your participation
on the website's Discussion Forum (<a href="http://teaching.austlit.edu.au/">http://teaching.austlit.edu.au/</a>).
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>We are interested in hearing about your teaching experiences and
methodologies, the texts that you teach, student responses, theoretical
frameworks, and any suggestions you may have for the survey. A survey
questionnaire will also be available in the following weeks.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:black'>More specific details from the AustLit newsletter are below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Alice Healy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Philip Mead</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Kerry Kilner</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Anna Gray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Teaching Aust Lit Website Is Go! </span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The website for the <a href="http://teaching.austlit.edu.au/">Teaching Aust
Lit</a> (TAL) project has been launched and is now available at
http://teaching.austlit.edu.au/; you can also get there from the <a
href="http://www.austlit.edu.au/">AustLit home page</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The
Teaching Aust Lit site will evolve over the coming months to become an
essential tool for teachers of Australian literature texts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The
TAL site contains: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>an online forum for discussing ideas and issues
around your experience of teaching Australian texts – all teachers or
those with an opinion are welcome to join the forum <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>a regular blog by the project leaders – <a
href="http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=An$">Dr
Philip Mead</a>, <a
href="http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A2-n">Dr
Alice Healy</a> and <a
href="http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A$y=">Kerry
Kilner</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The
TAL site will soon contain: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>the results of a survey of current and recent past
experiences of teaching Australian texts at upper secondary and tertiary
levels in Australia and information on the international experience of
teaching Australian texts <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>information on what is being taught, in what
context, and the tools and techniques being used <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>information on available resources to assist
teachers including AustLit full text and data. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Teaching Aust Lit project has been funded by the <a
href="http://www.altc.edu.au/carrick/go/home">Australian Teaching and Learning
Council</a> and is supported by AustLit. For specific further information
contact the TAL project officer, Anna Gray: <a
href="mailto:anna.gray@utas.edu.au">anna.gray@utas.edu.au</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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