| Description |
xiv, 224 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Quality in secondary schools and colleges series |
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Quality in secondary schools and colleges series.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Imagination, Literacy and the Renewal of English -- 2. Imagining in Learning. Study on 'Sian's exploration of Wordsworth' / John Hodgson -- 3. Using Metaphor / Bernard T. Harrison, Eve Richards and Muriel Rubin -- 4. Learning Through Language. Study on 'the self versus the system' / Kath Green -- 5. Realising Through Reading / Bernard T. Harrison, Denise Aitken and Alan Thornsby -- 6. Realising Through Writing / Bernard T. Harrison / English/drama student teachers -- 7. Realising Through Talking. Study on 'the silent minority' / Janet Collins -- 8. Listening to Special Needs / Bernard T. Harrison and Beth Mercer -- 9. Creativity in English Studies. Study on 'the power of poetry' / Sue Dymoke -- 10. Personal Meaning in Language and Learning. Study on 'the power of narrative' / John Hodgson |
| Summary |
Five years after the introduction of the National Curriculum, this book seeks to refresh the teaching of secondary English with a discussion about the imagination. Drawing on recent teaching work, it focuses on the importance of imagination in developing all aspects of language usage in school |
| Analysis |
Great Britain |
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Secondary schools Curriculum English language |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [205]-218 |
| Subject |
Education, Secondary -- Curricula -- Great Britain.
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English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Great Britain.
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Language arts (Secondary) -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
95103554 |
| ISBN |
1853463000 |
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