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All the Nines: Creativity in English Curricula in England in 1919, 1989 and 2019 as a Reflection of Britain's Place in Europe
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Smith, Lorna – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2020
Just after the First World War the English Association published The Teaching of English in Schools. It argues that developing children's 'creative spirit' is fundamental to maintaining peace in Europe. Seventy years later, the first National Curriculum promotes a creative, unitary English appropriate for 'a European context'. In contrast, today's…
Descriptors: Creativity, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Teaching Methods
The Role of English in the Conversation of Humankind: Humanism and Creativity in Newbolt (1921) and the National Curriculum (2014)
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Smith, Lorna – English in Education, 2019
The centenary of the publication of "The Teaching of English in England" provides an opportunity to consider the current National Curriculum for English in England from a historical perspective. This paper reports on a hermeneutic study that explores the humanist values underpinning Newbolt's Report and how they shape the creative…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Language Role, English Instruction, Hermeneutics
'We're Not Building Worker Bees.' What Has Happened to Creative Practice in England since the Dartmouth Conference of 1966?
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Smith, Lorna – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2019
It is now five years since the introduction of the current National Curriculum for English in England; it is just over 50 years since the Dartmouth Conference drew together American and English educationalists. This paper reports on a hermeneutic study that presents voices from the field of English teaching in England. It asks questions of today's…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Creative Teaching, National Curriculum, Hermeneutics
Expanding Our Understanding of the Learning Cultures in Community-Based Further Education
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Gallacher, Jim; Crossan, Beth; Mayes, Terry; Cleary, Paula; Smith, Lorna; Watson, David – Educational Review, 2007
This paper presents arguments for distinctive features of the learning cultures present within community-based further education. It draws on an analysis of qualitative data generated through interviews with staff and learners in two community learning centres (CLCs) attached to two of Scotland's Further Education (FE) colleges. The following…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Community Centers