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Rethinking English in Schools: Towards a New and Constructive Stage
Contributor(s): Ellis, VIV (Editor), Fox, Carol (Editor), Street, Brian (Editor)
ISBN: 0826445462     ISBN-13: 9780826445469
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE:   $79.15  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2010
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Annotation: The key argument of this book would be to renew the intellectual project of English in schools.
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics
Dewey: 428.007
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.83 lbs) 264 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

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.

Contributor Bio(s): Ellis, VIV: - Viv Ellis is Professor and Head of the Department of Education at Brunel University, London, UK, and Professor II at Bergen University College in Norway.