Since the early 2000s, literacy education has become an area of intense focus in Australian education policy, positioned to have a role in Australia's pursuit of enhanced international competitiveness in the “global knowledge economy”. Policy called for improvements in literacy outcomes, monitored by mandated annual assessments, and policy statements recognised the need to establish solid literacy foundations in early childhood to facilitate learning, and desired improvements, in later years. This article is derived from a larger study that investigated the production and enactment of literacy curriculum policy by early childhood teachers in Australian schools. It focuses on the school level within the State of Western Australia, presenting findings derived from thematic and critical discourse analysis of participant interview and documentary data collected in two case‐study schools. Comparative analysis revealed that literacy curriculum policy processes in both case‐study schools were focused on achieving improved test results in mandated testing regimes. This was impacting upon literacy curriculum in the early childhood years of schooling, in Australia deemed to involve children up to 8 years of age, in many, possibly adverse, ways. These findings may offer insights in other contexts about literacy curriculum policy processes that are focused on enhancing competitive positioning.

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澳大利亚两所学校的幼儿教师制定了扫盲课程政策

自2000年代初以来，扫盲教育已成为澳大利亚教育政策的重点关注领域，在澳大利亚追求“全球知识经济”中增强国际竞争力的过程中发挥了作用。政策要求通过授权的年度评估来监测扫盲成果，政策声明承认有必要在儿童早期建立扎实的扫盲基础，以促进学习，并在以后的几年中有所改善。本文来自一项较大的研究，该研究调查了澳大利亚学校幼儿教师制定和实施扫盲课程政策的情况。它侧重于西澳大利亚州的学校水平，展示了从专题和批判性话语分析中得出的发现，这些分析是对两所案例研究学校的参与者访谈和文献数据进行的。比较分析表明，两所案例研究学校的扫盲课程政策过程都着重于在强制性考试制度中提高考试结果。在澳大利亚，人们认为这以许多可能不利的方式使8岁以下的儿童参与进来，这对学龄早期的识字课程产生了影响。这些发现可能会在其他情况下提供有关扫盲课程政策过程的见解，这些过程集中于增强竞争地位。比较分析表明，两所案例研究学校的扫盲课程政策过程都着重于在强制性考试制度中取得更好的考试成绩。在澳大利亚，人们认为这以许多可能不利的方式使8岁以下的儿童参与进来，这对学龄早期的识字课程产生了影响。这些发现可能会在其他情况下提供有关扫盲课程政策过程的见解，这些过程集中于增强竞争地位。比较分析表明，两所案例研究学校的扫盲课程政策过程都着重于在强制性考试制度中取得更好的考试成绩。在澳大利亚，人们认为这以许多可能不利的方式使8岁以下的儿童参与进来，这对学龄早期的识字课程产生了影响。这些发现可能会在其他情况下提供有关扫盲课程政策过程的见解，这些过程集中于增强竞争地位。