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Issues in English teaching

Author: Jon Davison; John Moss
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Series: Issues in subject teaching.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This volume aims to encourage primary and secondary teachers of English to engage in debates about key issues in subject teaching. It should stimulate those interested in education to reflect on the identity of the subject and its principles.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jon Davison; John Moss
ISBN: 0415206642 9780415206648 0415206650 9780415206655
OCLC Number: 41991400
Description: xiv, 289 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Reading rights and responsibilities / Eve Bearne and Gabrielle Cliff Hodges --
Can teachers empower pupils as writers? / Carole King --
(Re)Defining literacy : how can schools define literacy on their own terms, and create a school culture that reflects that definition? / Hazel Bryan and Jo Westbrook --
The current status of oracy : a cause of (dis)satisfaction? / Teresa Grainger --
Drama sets you free - or does it? / Jonothan Neelands --
What is(n't) this subject called English? / Muriel Robinson --
'Correct' or 'appropriate'? Is it possible to resolve the debate about which should be promoted in the classroom? / Chris Davies --
Variation in English : looking at the language from the outside / Stephen Bax --
Exploring other worlds : escaping linguistic parochialism / Adrian Holliday --
Student teachers and the experience of English : how do secondary student teachers view English and its possibilities? / Sue Leach --
The cultural politics of English teaching : what possibilities exist for English teachers to construct other approaches? / Nick Peim --
The canon : historical construction and contemporary challenges / Janet Maybin --
How should critical theory inform English teaching? / John Moss --
What has sexuality got to do with English teaching? / Viv Ellis --
Gender difference in achievement in English : a sign of the times? / Caroline Daly --
Literacy and social class / Jon Davison.
Series Title: Issues in subject teaching.
Responsibility: edited by Jon Davison and John Moss.
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This volume aims to encourage primary and secondary teachers of English to engage in debates about key issues in subject teaching. It should stimulate those interested in education to reflect on the identity of the subject and its principles.

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