Bringing English to order : the history and politics of a school subject
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Bringing English to order : the history and politics of a school subject
（Studies in curriculum history, 14）
Falmer Press, 1990
- pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The aim of this book is to explore the politics and associated history of English teaching in a number of countries. It is elucidated through historical and comparative studies.
Table of Contents
- Into the sixties - English and English society at a time of change, Peter Medway
- literacy, politics and the teaching of English, Stephen Ball, Alex Kenny and David Gardner
- class, language and power in Franklin's "Idea of the English School" and other early texts of vernacular advocacy - a perspective on the social origins of English, Gerald Burns
- a dividing practice - "literature", English teaching and cultural politics, Bill Green
- the ideology and politics of English grammar - a 1984 Newfoundland example, Laurence Walker
- foreign language teaching as an instrument of policy in the cultural and societal orientation of a nation - the case of English teaching in Norway, Bjorn Brandtzaeg Gundem
- the Englishness of English teaching, Robert Morgan
- contested terrain - English education in South Africa 1948-1987, Hilary Janks.
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