English across the sectors
Reports
Who’s prepared to teach school English? The degree level qualifications and preparedness of initial teacher trainees in English
Download: Who's Prepared to Teach School English? in PDF format (1.68Mb)Authors: Julie Blake and Tim Shortis
Published: March 2010
ISBN: 978-1-905846-15-3
This report, commissioned by CLIE (the Committe for Linguistics in Education) and funded jointly by the Subject Centre and five other organisations, investigates the admission criteria for PGCE secondary English courses and, more broadly, the nature of the academic 'preparedness' expected of and useful for teachers of English in secondary schools. Julie Blake and Tim Shortis of King's College London surveyed tutors from 35 of the 54 English PGCE courses in England, and conducted in-depth interviews with nine course leaders. Read a short summary of the report's findings.
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In at the Deep End? The First Year in Undergraduate English Literature (Report series #17)
Download: In at the Deep End? The First Year in Undergraduate English Literature in PDF format (435kb)Author: David Ellis
Published: June 2008
ISBN: 978-1-905846-15-3
This report on the first year in undergraduate English literature explores the best way to introduce first year undergraduates to English studies, although the author, David Ellis, acknowledges that institutional variables are complex, and one size most certainly does not fit all. This report will be an invaluable guide to anyone working on the design and implementation of first-year programmes.
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Teaching the Teachers: Higher Education and the Continuing Professional Development of English Teachers (Report series #16)
Download: Teaching the Teachers: Higher Education and the Continuing Professional Development of English Teachers in PDF format Author: Andrew Green
Published: February 2008
ISBN: 978-1-905846-146
This report looks at the role of higher education English in delivering continuing professional development to English teachers in the secondary sector, a potentially significant market for postgraduate courses. Secondary English also represents a way in which HE English might engage with the workplace and lifelong learning. Much of the report is based a survey of English teachers: they demonstrate a strong desire to extend their subject knowledge. It emerges, however, that the methods of course delivery in HE often prevent them from taking up postgraduate courses.
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As Simple as ABC? - Issues of Transition for students of English Language A Level (Report series #14)
Download: As Simple as ABC? - Issues of Transition for students of English Language A Level in PDF format (510kb)Authors: Angela Goddard & Adrian Beard
Published: March 2007
ISBN: 978-1-905846-05-4
For some time university schools and departments have needed to get a better picture of recent trends, changes and developments in the study of English Language in the A Level curriculum. This report establishes a comprehensive overview, providing helpful survey data and indicating significant conceptual distinctions in the ways in which English language is studied.
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English at A level - A Guide for lecturers in Higher Education (Report Series #12)
Download: English at A level - A Guide for lecturers in Higher Education in PDF format Authors: Barbara Bleiman & Lucy Webster
Published: August 2006
ISBN: 1 905846-03-07
This report is a guide to the three A levels in English and was written specifically for lecturers in HE. It describes curricula and teaching methods, and includes information gathered from a survey of secondary teachers.
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Four Perspectives on Transition: English Literature from Sixth Form to University (Report Series #10)
Download: Four Perspectives on Transition: English literature from Sixth Form to University in PDF format (376kb)Author: Andrew Green
Published: February 2005
ISBN: 0 902 19498 4
This report offers an insight into the complex and problematic issue of transition from sixth form to higher education English. It explores the extent to which a gulf exists in the pedagogy of the discipline at the two levels, and the implications of this for the experiences and expectations of school students, university students and their teachers. This report is of interest to anyone teaching English at university level; especially to those with responsibility for level 1 students and retention issues.
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