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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807152403321

Autore

Poulson Louise

Titolo

The English curriculum in schools [[electronic resource] /] / Louise Poulson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Cassell, c1998

ISBN

1-281-29187-0

9786611291877

1-84714-281-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Education matters

Disciplina

420.71041

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - Great Britain

Education - Curricula - Great Britain

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 (p. 141-146) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Controversies in English; 2 The development of English as a subject in the school curriculum; 3 Towards a national curriculum; 4 Political interventions in English; 5 Language in the English curriculum; 6 English in primary schools; 7 English in secondary schools; 8 Assessment in English; 9 Beyond controversy; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work offers a comprehensive account of the development of English as a school subject. It also examines the debates over English which have centred on the National Curriculum and its assessment. Drawing on data from two recent studies, it investigates what is taught in the English curriculum. Particular attention has been given to the divisions between language and literature in English as well as the debates about the teaching of grammar and Standard English. Underpinning the analysis is a concentration on the differences and similarities between the primary and secondary curricula. Prom