Debates in English teaching / edited by Jon Davison, Caroline Daly and John Moss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davison, Jon, 1949-

Daly, Caroline.

Moss, John, 1957-

Series:

Debates in subject teaching series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching.

English language.

English teachers--Training of.

English teachers.

Physical Description:

xii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.

Summary:

Debates in English Teaching explores the major issues all English teachers encounter in their daily professional lives. It engages with established and contemporary debates, promotes and supports critical reflection and aims to stimulate both novice and experienced teachers to reach informed judgments and argue their point of view with deeper theoretical knowledge and understanding.

Key issues debated include:

the professional identity of English teachers

attitudes to correctness in grammar and Standard English

the importance of the media and new technologies

social class and literacy

the nature of the dialogic classroom

the role of wider reading

the politics of early literacy.

With its combination of expert opinion and fresh insight, Debates in Engiish Teaching is the ideal companion for all student and practising teachers engaged in initial training, continuing professional development or Masters level study. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Becoming an English teacher: identity, self-knowledge and expertise / Andy Goodwyn Goodwyn, Andy 18

2 Promoting a dialogic pedagogy in English teaching / Frank Hardman Hardman, Frank 36

3 A new theory and model of writing development / Richard Andrews Andrews, Richard 48

4 Living language, live debates: grammar and Standard English / Debra Myhill Myhill, Debra 63

5 The politics of early literacy / Kathy Goouch Goouch, Kathy 78

6 'Whatever happened to the Literacy Hour?' / Jo Westbrook Westbrook, Jo, Hazel Bryan Bryan, Hazel, Karen Cooper Cooper, Karen, Vicky Hawking Hawking, Vicky, Sean O'Malley O'Malley, Sean 89

7 Access, choice and time: a guide to wider reading in schools / Jo Wastbrook Wastbrook, Jo 104

8 Prom Beowulf to Batman: connecting English and media education / Andrew Burn Burn, Andrew 117

9 The 'real world' of technologies: what kinds'of professional development are needed for English teachers? / Caroline Daly Daly, Caroline 131

10 Creativity in English teaching and learning / Sue Dymoke Dymoke, Sue 142

11 English and inclusion / John Yandell Yandell, John 157

12 Literacy and social class / Jon Davison Davison, Jon 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [188]-211) and index.

ISBN:

9780415569156

041556915X

9780415569163

0415569168

9780203831441

0203831446

OCLC:

500783810