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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800042603321

Autore

Stevens David

Titolo

Cross-curricular teaching and learning in the secondary school : English : the centrality of language in learning / / David Stevens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-89806-9

1-136-89807-7

1-282-93001-X

9786612930010

0-203-84134-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Cross-curricular teaching and learning in- Cross-curricular teaching and learning in the secondary school-- English

Disciplina

428.0071/241

Soggetti

Education, Secondary

Interdisciplinary approach in education

Multicultural education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The contexts for cross-curricular teaching and learning in English; CHAPTER 2 Language, principles and purposes for cross-curricular teaching and learning in English; CHAPTER 3 Intertextuality, generic interplay and ICT for cross-curricular teaching and learning in English; CHAPTER 4 Assessment and evaluation of cross-curricular teaching and learning in English; CHAPTER 5 Cross-curricular approaches: English and the humanities; CHAPTER 6 Cross-curricular approaches: English and the arts

CHAPTER 7 Cross-curricular approaches: English and modern foreign languagesCHAPTER 8 Cross-curricular approaches: English, mathematics, the sciences, and physical education; CHAPTER 9 The future potential of cross-curricular teaching and learning in English: a sense of direction; Appendix: helpful websites; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is the role of the individual school 'subject' and 'subject teacher' within school? Is it to teach a set of core subject knowledge, skills and



understanding in a way that remains faithful to long-standing subject cultures and pedagogies? Or is there another way to consider how the curriculum and the notion of individual subjects and teachers' pedagogy could be constructed?Cross-Curricular Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School ... English brings together ongoing debates about personalised learning, creativity and ICT in education to establish a clear theoretical