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Tag Archives: spoken language
Harold Rosen: an inspiration for teachers today
announcing an inspiring new book Harold Rosen: Writings on life, language and learning 1958-2008 Harold Rosen was one of the great reformers of English teaching. His work has just been republished, providing a challenge to the deadening practices of the National Curriculum – its obsession … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum
Tagged comprehensive schools, disadvantage, English teaching, language, National Curriculum, spoken language
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A curriculum for all? GCSEs, EBacc and Progress 8
We are pleased to announce a new survey, commissioned by the NUT and carried out by a research team from King’s College London. A curriculum for all? The effects of recent Key Stage 4 curriculum, assessment and accountability reforms on … Continue reading
Curriculum and Assessment in English 3 to 19: A Better Plan
by John Richmond The National Curriculum for English then… In the late 1980s, when the idea of a National Curriculum was proposed, I welcomed the principle that all children and young people in state schools have a common entitlement to … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability pressures, assessment alternatives, English, GCSE, grammar, media, National Curriculum, spoken language
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Choking on their own eloquence
The news broadcasts are overflowing with the eloquence of Government ministers at their party conference. What kind of education has enabled them to twist logic and pose as the friends of low-paid workers and Syrian refugees, the “true party of … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability
Tagged local democracy, migration, politicians, spoken language
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Talk for learning
This short report by Valerie Coultas is a good reminder of how teachers in the 60s and 70s reached a better understanding of talk as central to the learning process, rather than simply presentation or an ‘elocution model of spoken language’. The accountability agenda, … Continue reading
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