1st Edition
John Dixon and English in Education and the Language Arts
By Wayne Sawyer
Copyright 2026
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
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Part of the ground-breaking series Key Thinkers in English in Education and the Language Arts , this text focuses on the work of British curriculum theorist, John Dixon. Regarded widely as the de facto ‘father’ of the influential ‘Growth’ model of English, this book accessibly presents Dixon as a much broader thinker around the nature of subject English, and, in particular, as a key theorist... Read more
Series Editor Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART 1
1. Walworth and the era of Reflections
2. Dartmouth and Growth through English
3. A Schooling in ‘English’
PART 2
4. Literature
5. Writing
6. Dialogue
7. Conclusion
Biography
Wayne Sawyer is Emeritus Professor of Education at Western Sydney University, Australia.
