English and Its Teachers - A History of Policy, Pedagogy and Practice

English and its Teachers offers a historical overview of the development of secondary English teaching in schools over the past fifty years. Initially charting the rise of a new progressive approach in the 1960s, the book then considers the implications for the subject and its teachers of three decades of central policy intervention. Throughout, document and interview data are combined to construct a narrative that details the fascinating and, at times, turbulent history.

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List of contents

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part 1: The Age of Invention 2. A New Progressivism: English from the 1960s into the 1970s 3. The Calm Before the Storm? English in the 1970s and 1980s Part 2: The Age of Intervention 4. Standardisation? The National Curriculum and National Assessment 5. New Labour, New Policies: The Focus on Literacy 6. The Coalition and Beyond: Back to the Future? Part 3: Abroad and Beyond 7. An English Subject Abroad 8. Conclusion - The Futures of English?

About the author

Simon Gibbons is the director of teacher education at King's College London.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Gibbons, Gibbons Simon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138948938
• ISBN: 978-1-138-94893-8
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: National Association for the Teaching of English NATE
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; English, EDUCATION / History, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, History of Education, Secondary Schools, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Language teaching theory and methods, ELT: teaching theory & methods, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies