English Teachers - The Unofficial Guide: Researching the Philosophies of English Teachers

ISBN-13: 9780415240772 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 224 str.

Bethan Marshall

Opis

This work traces the competing traditions of English teaching and considers their relevance to the debate through an analysis of English teachers' views about themselves and their subject. The findings are based on a research method in which teachers were asked to respond to and comment upon five different descriptions of their approaches to English teaching. The text: contextualizes current debates about English teaching within the subjects contested history; provides a vehicle for teachers to reflect on their own practice and locate themselves within the debate; and opens up the debate on assessment practices within English teaching. This book reveals the complexities of the teachers views of their subject. It should be a useful read for PGCE students, secondary English teachers and academics interested in the English curriculum debate.

Recenzje

'The book is well written with apt literary references and Bethan Marshall is superb at using her literary skills to analyse the use of language.' - Joy Alexander, The Use of English

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 The battle for the curriculum; Chapter 2 A brief history of English; Chapter 3 Finding a voice; Chapter 3_1 A Rough Guide to English Teachers; Chapter 4 Analysing the characters; Chapter 5 The medium and the message; Chapter 6 Marking the essay;

O autorze

Bethan Marshall taught English in London comprehensives for several years before taking up her current post as a lecturer in education at Kings College London. A frequent commentator on educational policy, she writes regularly for the broadsheets as well as the TES.