MasterClass in English education : transforming teaching and learning /
Brindley, Susan,1951-editor.
Marshall, Bethan,1958-editor.
"MasterClass in English Education draws on international research and practice to present effective and engaging approaches for English teaching, focusing on the skills, knowledge and understanding needed in the classroom. Topics covered include: - subject knowledge - curriculum - media and technology - pedagogy As well as exploring the key modes of English teaching, reading, writing, speaking and listening, the contributors show how a greater understanding of English can be found through drawing together modalities, for example understanding reading through writing. Case studies and classroom examples ensure that it's easy to understand the relevance of the theory in the classroom and links to research and critical texts support readers to develop practice and their professional voice"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Bethan Marshall and Sue Brindley -- The making of English. -- English studies: a very brief history / Ben Knights -- Paradigms of English / Terry Locke -- Intertextuality and subversion / Brenton Doecke and Douglas McClenaghan -- Knowledge in English teaching - the naming of parts? / Sue Brindley -- Reading. -- Understanding reading / Christine Hall -- Teaching Shakespeare with film adaptations / Jane Coles -- Film, literacy and cultural participation / Mark Reid -- Writing. -- What is writing? What's it for? / Michael Rosen -- Thinking, talking and writing: what lies beneath? / John Keen -- Writing, reading and rhetoric / Terry Locke -- Speaking and listening. -- Talk and drama: seeing voices / Anton Franks -- The importance of oracy / Simon Gibbons -- Dialogism and technology / Carl Hendrick -- Conclusion. -- Progress in English / Bethan Marshall.
"MasterClass in English Education draws on international research and practice to present effective and engaging approaches for English teaching, focusing on the skills, knowledge and understanding needed in the classroom. Topics covered include: - subject knowledge - curriculum - media and technology - pedagogy As well as exploring the key modes of English teaching, reading, writing, speaking and listening, the contributors show how a greater understanding of English can be found through drawing together modalities, for example understanding reading through writing. Case studies and classroom examples ensure that it's easy to understand the relevance of the theory in the classroom and links to research and critical texts support readers to develop practice and their professional voice"--
English language
Language arts.
EDUCATION / Professional Development.
EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics.