This book invites readers to engage with the rich and complex debates of contemporary English education, outlining new possibilities to revive the teaching of English.

Bringing together diverse voices and insights from educators in English across the primary, secondary, further and higher education phases, the book offers reflections and critical engagement with the lived experiences of English teachers and pupils in contemporary educational spaces. Each chapter includes example vignettes from classrooms which tell something of the story of English teaching today. The book considers how politics and policy have worked to close the opportunities of the English classroom for self-expression and critical engagement with the world – a murder. The authors then offer an exploration of the opportunities for a re-imagining of English – the murmurs of teachers and pupils that resist such closures. The chapters explore new thinking, new practices and new possibilities for English classrooms as inclusive, emancipatory, critical and creative spaces.

Offering a thoughtful and hopeful dialogue from practising English teacher-researchers, the book will be essential reading for researchers and students of English language and literature education, as well as trainee teachers of English.

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Yes, you can access Rethinking and Reviving Subject English by Pete Bennett, Louise Lambert, Rob Smith, Pete Bennett, Louise Lambert, Rob Smith in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education Curricula. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

Routledge

Year

2022

ISBN

9781000655421

Edition

Topic

Education

Subtopic

Education Curricula

Cover Page
Half Title page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of figures
Vignette: that weird sense of yearning
List of contributors
Preface: Reflections on English: ‘Goin’ Back’
Introduction: Rethinking and Reviving Subject English: The Murder and the Murmur
Vignette: what I’d wished I’d said
Part 1 The murder: Politics, policy and practice
Part 2 Notes from the struggle: Engagement and re-openings
Part 3 The murmur: Optimism, re-imaginings and ways to rethink English
Index