English teachers in a postwar democracy : emerging choice in London schools, 1945-1965 / Peter Medway, John Hardcastle, Georgina Brewis, and David Crook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Medway, Peter, author.

Hardcastle, John, author.

Brewis, Georgina, author.

Crook, David, author.

Series:

Secondary education in a changing world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Secondary)--England--London--History--20th century--Case studies.

Language arts (Secondary).

Language arts (Secondary)--Social aspects--England--London--20th century--Case studies.

Language arts teachers--England--London--History--20th century--Case studies.

Language arts teachers.

History.

Language arts (Secondary)--Social aspects.

England--London.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 243 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

"Conflicting impulses in education in the twenty years after the Second World War, reflecting opposing positions in English society, led to a choice for teachers of English in schools. Where these impulses were not simply conservative, they involved different attitudes to achieving a fully democratic society--whether by cultivating high standards, in particular literary cultivation, in the ablest students or promoting a common cultural experience across abilities and social classes. The authors have studied three London school English departments in unprecedented detail, one of them an early comprehensive school, using oral history interviews and the collection and analysis of a large body of documents, including teachers' mark books and students' work. The move towards a more inclusive version of English involved not only the comprehensive school teachers, but also some in the grammar school--not least those who set up a new London English teachers association"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

1. Introduction 2. The Period, the Education System, and the Teaching of English 3. Hackney Downs 4. Walworth 5. Minchenden 6. The Three Schools

What We Have Learned 7. Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137005137

1137005130

OCLC:

877867258

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