Rethinking English in Schools
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Rethinking English in Schools

Towards a New and Constructive Stage

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Rethinking English in Schools

Towards a New and Constructive Stage

About this book

Why should young people study a subject called English?
This question lies at the heart of this fascinating monograph, which brings together the diverse perspectives of many leading thinkers about English and literacy education.
This meticulously researched and well-written collection takes as its starting point the importance of the history of the subject in the formation of its constitution and its boundaries. First and foremost, it proposes that questions of aims and values have informed these choices. Equally, it suggests that returning to these educational questions helps us to understand curriculum and pedagogy in complex ways that a simple focus on content and methods neglects. Curriculum and pedagogy bring learners, teachers, institutions and the wider society into the debate.

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Yes, you can access Rethinking English in Schools by Viv Ellis, Carol Fox, Brian Street in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Teaching Arts & Humanities. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2007
Print ISBN
9780826445469
eBook ISBN
9781441199874

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Contributors
  4. Chapter 1 Why English? Rethinking the school subject
  5. SECTION 1: HOW HISTORY AND POLITICS HAVE SHAPED ENGLISH TEACHING
  6. SECTION 2: CULTURE AS A VERB: TEACHING LITERATURES
  7. SECTION 3: LANGUAGE(S), MULTIPLE LITERACIES AND THE QUESTION OF 'ENGLISH'
  8. AFTERWORD
  9. Notes
  10. References
  11. Index