Sense of Place, Identity and the Revisioning of Curriculum

Terry Locke is a poet and academic, who taught in the University of Auckland English Department and as a secondary English HOD before moving to the Faculty of Education at the University of Waikato between 1997 and 2017. His research interests include the teaching of literature, writing and language, interdisciplinarity and curriculum critique. Notable publications include: Tending the Landscape of the Heart (2019); Writer Identity and the Teaching and Learning of Writing (Ed. with Teresa Cremin) (2017); Developing Writing Teachers (2015); Ranging Around the Zero (2014); Beyond the Grammar Wars (Editor) (2010); Critical Discourse Analysis (2004).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Theorising Sense of Place.- 3. Sense of Place and Identity.- 4. Indigeneity and Sense of Place.- 5. Decolonising Place.- 6. Locating sense of Place in Literary Studies.- 7. The Problematics of Representing Sense of Place.- 8. Locating Sense of Place in the School Curriculum.- 9. The Geopolitics of Place: Framing Avenues for Activism.