Curriculum and Assessment in English 11 to 19: A Better Plan - Hardcover

Richmond, John; Burn, Andrew; Dougill, Peter; Goddard, Angela; Raleigh, Mike; Traves, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415784484 ISBN 13: 9780415784481

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Curriculum and Assessment in English 11 to 19: A Better Plan provides an overview of the subject in considerable breadth and depth, and offers a clear, balanced and forceful critique of the current English curriculum and its associated examinations for 11- to 19-year-olds in England, and of developments in the area during the past thirty years.

The book restates fundamental truths about how students speak, read and write English with confidence and control. It describes how English can be taught most effectively, calls for an urgent review of some aspects of the current National Curriculum and its examination arrangements, and – crucially – proposes viable alternatives. This invaluable resource for those working in English, media and drama education has a wide perspective and takes a principled and informed pedagogical approach.

Based on a series of much-admired booklets released by the UKLA in 2015, this accessible guide to both theory and practice will be of interest to teachers, student teachers, teacher-educators, advisers and policy-makers in the UK and internationally.

About this title

About the Author:

John Richmond has a breadth of experience as a classroom English teacher in London, as a local-authority English adviser, as an officer on the National Writing Project and the Language in the National Curriculum Project, and as commissioning editor in schools television.

Andrew Burn is Professor of English, Media and Drama at the UCL Institute of Education, UK.

Peter Dougill is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, UK.

Angela Goddard is Chair of A-level English Language examiners at a national examination board, Professor of English Language at York St John University, UK, and a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow.

Mike Raleigh was Senior Regional Director of the National Strategies in England and an adviser to the Department for Education and Ofsted.

Peter Traves is an independent educational consultant in the UK.

Review:

"If anyone wants a ‘better plan’ for English they should read this book. It is a well worked through summary of the great and the good on English teaching; an analysis of the current, often problematic situation that now confronts us and a pleasant reminder of what might be achieved if English teachers were allowed to develop the curriculum themselves. One can only hope that a policy maker might pick this book up and see the sense written all the way through its pages." – Dr Bethan Marshall, Senior Lecturer in English Education, King’s College London 

"Beautifully written and argued throughout, rooted in evidence of what works in classrooms and fully informed by accumulated knowledge of language and literacy development. The perfect antidote to curriculum-meddling politicians world-wide. Simply outstanding". – Professor Ronald Carter, School of English, University of Nottingham and Cambridge Language Sciences, University of Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0415784484
• ISBN 13: 9780415784481
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238