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Poetry Is an Unfamiliar Text: Locating Poetry in Secondary English Classrooms in New Zealand and England during a Period of Curriculum Change
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Dymoke, Sue – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2012
Undertaken during a period when changes in the assessment of English in public examinations at 16+ were becoming embedded in classroom practice, this comparative research explores where poetry is located within the newly aligned examination assessment frameworks of New Zealand and England. It comments on how these frameworks are locally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Poetry, English Teachers
Coherence in Practice: A Look at the Field
Wilkinson, Edward – Engl in Educ, 1970
A Paper presented at annual conference of National Association for the Teaching of English (7th, University of Exeter, England, April 10-13, 1970). (RD)
Descriptors: Department Heads, English Curriculum, English Departments, English Education
Can You See the Difference? Early Impacts of the Primary National Literacy Strategy on Four Secondary English Departments.
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Beverton, Sue – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2003
Examines early impact upon secondary English departments of the primary National Literacy Strategy (NLS). Examines shifts over time in departmental policy and practice across the primary/secondary transfer that may relate to the impact of the primary NLS. Reports findings from interviews in four secondary English departments. (BT)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Literacy across the Curriculum: Management Guide. Key Stage 3: National Strategy.
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Department for Education and Employment, London (England). – 2001
These Literacy across the Curriculum materials are designed to support schools in England that have already done considerable work on literacy across the curriculum as well as those that are just starting. The training pack contains notes for 13 possible units of training. This booklet accompanies the training which introduces schools to the…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Elementary Education, English Departments, Foreign Countries
Improving Boys' Literacy: A Survey of Effective Practice in Secondary Schools.
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Basic Skills Agency, London (England). – 1997
Noting that the achievements of boys have been the subject of growing concern in England for a number of years, this booklet indicates some ways to improve the achievement of boys in literacy. The booklet focuses on work in secondary schools and is based on visits to 14 mixed secondary schools in urban, suburban, and rural areas. It begins with a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, English Departments, English Instruction
English Teaching: The Need for Reform.
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Cox, Bryan – English Today, 1990
Current needs in English-as-a-mother-tongue teaching, especially in England and Wales, are surveyed. It is argued that the feeling of stagnation among students in many university English departments results at least partly from the failure to respond to new ideas about the teaching of English language and literature. (JL)
Descriptors: English, English Departments, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
English in an Integrated Curriculum--Practice at Countesthorpe College, Leicestershire.
Watts, John – 1980
This paper describes a student centered, integrated curriculum that was developed at an English comprehensive school for 14- to 18-year-old students and shows how English was taught within this curriculum. Sections of the paper discuss (1) the historical roots of the problem of curriculum organization that the school faced; (2) the organizational…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Curriculum Design, Educational Innovation, English Departments