Ruth is recruiting schools / English teachers for a major research project investigating talk for writing. What’s the project about? The research project, which is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), will investigate the impact of high quality classroom talk on children’s writing. In particular, the study will build on research which […]
In February, in Manchester, the British Educational Research Association is running a curriculum design event for teachers: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/exploring-ways-forward-in-english The event is designed to support teachers in breaking free from narrow, assessment-driven views of curriculum.
A key focus of research in English teaching at the moment is on the dominance of paragraph scaffolds such as PEE or PEEL. In a recent article, Simon Gibbons (Director of Teacher Education at Kings College London, former Chair of the National Association for Teachers of English) questions the origins and value of these structures: […]
The ‘English Shared Futures‘ event in Manchester on Friday 26th June – Sunday 28th June is the major national English conference this year. It’s a joint enterprise between The English Association and University English, with NATE, NAWE, and the Institute of English Studies. The programme includes a really diverse and exciting range of talks, workshops, […]