1st Edition
English Teachers - The Unofficial Guide Researching the Philosophies of English Teachers
By Bethan Marshall
Copyright 2000
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Bethan Marshall traces the competing traditions of English teaching and considers their relevance to the current debate through an analysis of English teachers' views about themselves and their subject. The findings are based on a highly original research method in which teachers were asked to respond to and comment upon five different descriptions of their approaches to English teaching. English... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The battle for the curriculum; Chapter 2 A brief history of English; Chapter 3 Finding a voice; Chapter 3_1 A Rough Guide to English Teachers; Chapter 4 Analysing the characters; Chapter 5 The medium and the message; Chapter 6 Marking the essay;
Biography
Bethan Marshall taught English in London comprehensives for several years before taking up her current post as a lecturer in education at Kings College London. A frequent commentator on educational policy, she writes regularly for the broadsheets as well as the TES.
'The book is well written with apt literary references and Bethan Marshall is superb at using her literary skills to analyse the use of language.' - Joy Alexander, The Use of English
