ERIC Number: EJ1109376
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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"The Aims of English Teaching": A View from History
Gibbons, Simon
Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, v20 n2 p138-147 2013
Once again, the National Curriculum orders for English are being rewritten. The writers of the new curriculum have looked to the education systems of "high-performing jurisdictions" for inspiration. The result is a curriculum draft that offers a limited view of the subject and one which apparently fails to prioritise the needs of the learner. The model of English developed in the postwar years by those working within the London Association for the Teaching of English (LATE) offers a very different view of the subject. "The Aims of English Teaching" is an early document articulating LATE's vision of the subject; this article offers a reading of this document and suggests that there may be much in this history to draw on as teachers are apparently offered more freedom to design their own programmes of study.
Descriptors: English Instruction, Educational Objectives, Behavioral Objectives, Educational History, National Curriculum, English Curriculum, Position Papers, Content Analysis, Curriculum Development, Context Effect, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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