by admin | Jan 26, 2016 | English across the sectors
Report: Who’s prepared to teach school English? Overview This report, commissioned by CLIE (the Committe for Linguistics in Education) and funded jointly by the Subject Centre and five other organisations, investigates the admission criteria for PGCE secondary...
by admin | Jan 25, 2016 | English across the sectors
Additional reference: English across the sectors Communities of practice English Association The English Association has campaigned since 1906 on behalf of the subject at all levels of the education system. NATE – National Association for the Teaching of English...
by admin | Jan 25, 2016 | English across the sectors
Transition ‘Transition’ is now widely used as a shorthand for a bunch of issues to do with the process of moving from school or college to university. Even where (as is increasingly the case) students remain in their home communities, often with the same paid jobs and...
by admin | Jan 25, 2016 | English across the sectors
Subject knowledge and the teacher 4 – Concluding thoughts There is something – many things perhaps – especially challenging about the subject English. I mean this in at least two senses. Teaching the subject is certainly a challenge for its practitioners, given...
by admin | Jan 25, 2016 | English across the sectors
Subject knowledge and the teacher 3 – The National strategy The major change to the secondary English curriculum in recent years has occurred at Key Stage Three, developing from the Primary phase National Literacy Strategy and its centrally embedded Literacy...
by admin | Jan 25, 2016 | English across the sectors
Subject knowledge and the teacher 2 – Areas of subject knowledge The novel Here is a list of texts which are frequently read in schools: Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Lord of the Flies William Golding To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Animal Farm George Orwell...
