Table of Contents
Introduction: Looking back and beyond; Part 1 The Condition of English; Chapter 1 Beyond our Ken: English, Englishness, and the National Curriculum, JamesDonald; Chapter 2 Two cheers for liberal education, AlisonLight; Chapter 3 But is it English …? The National Curriculum and progressive English teaching, SabrinaBroadbent, RosMoger; Chapter 4 Future imperfect? English and the new vocationalism, Jenny and PhilRice; Part 2 Theories, Pedagogies, Initiatives; Chapter 5 Refunctioning theory:‘at most pedagogics’, PeterBrooker; Chapter 6 Never mind English: this is Theory in the Secondary School, PaulMoran, NickPeim; Chapter 7 Teaching difference/teaching differently, PeterHumm; Chapter 8 Notes in the margin: teaching women's writing, JanMontefiore; Chapter 9 ‘There's no such thing as “only literature”‘: English teaching in an anti-racist and multicultural context, LizGerschel, SusheilaNasta; Chapter 10 Dreaming the local: teaching popular cultural forms, RogerBromley; Part 3 Case Studies; Chapter 11 ‘I see the murderer is a skilful door opener’: investigating autobiography and detective stories with 11 to 18 year olds, SteveBennison, JimPorteous; Chapter 12 Changing literature at A level, MargaretPeacock, ElaineScarratt; Chapter 13 Teaching creative writing, ZoëFairbairns; Chapter 14 Another park bench: autobiography, knowledge, and popular education, DeniseHayes, PeterHumm, LesleyMassey, DouglasNorsworthy, PennyPrice, NikkiSlater, PaulStigant; Chapter 15 Taking it seriously: teaching popular culture, MargaretBeetham, AlfLouvre, BrianMaidment;