The English and Media Centre have published a critical response to the Ofsted Curriculum Research Review which raises several issues relating to: The limited available subject-specific research evidence which underpins the Education Inspection Framework, and how this has impacted on the choice of research included in the review Gaps in relation to important areas of […]
https://www.penguin.co.uk/campaigns/lit-in-colour.html This recent study by Penguin and The Runnymede Trust draws together a range of research into the literature studied at GCSE. Some highlighted findings: Fewer than 1% of candidates for GCSE English Literature in 2019 answered a question on a novel by an author of colour. At most, 7% of students study a full […]
We are delighted to announce the publication of A Practical Guide to Teaching English in the Secondary School, edited by the Exeter English PGCE team, including contributions from other Exeter colleagues (Debra Myhill, Sharon Morgan) and a range of other authors including Chair of Examiners for English Language A Level Professor Angela Goddard, Barbara Bleiman […]
Our partner school Cornerstone is running a free virtual English conference. While this is primarily aimed at Primary specialists, it may be of interest to Secondary English specialists with responsibility for KS2-3 transfer, or supporting struggling readers. See below for further information: http://englishhub.education/conference We invite you to join us for our virtual English conference […]
£50 book voucher for participating.. Please see message below from our Business School… Focus Groups information for participants I’d like to invite you to participate in a focus group discussing gene drive, an emerging genetic technology. All participants will receive a £50 book voucher as a thank you for participating. If you decide to take […]
The first full report of our survey into texts taught at KS3 has now been published on the UKLA website here: https://ukla.org/funded_projects/what-literature-texts-are-being-taught-in-years-7-to-9/ We are currently looking at issues relating to teacher agency, teachers as readers, and representation in texts using our follow up case studies, but, for now, the report gives you a break down […]
NATE_TE_Issue 23_88pp Journal Summer 2020_P30-33_SMITH_V3 (1) (002) The article above reports on a UKLA survey exploring which texts are taught at KS3. It considers this particularly the light of renewed critical debate concerning representation and minorities, offering some thought-provoking challenges.
We are delighted to announce that 100 letters to the novelist and poet Thomas Hardy – phase one of the Hardy’s Correspondents Project, a collaborative project between Dorset Museum and the University of Exeter – are now available to the public and free to use. We hope that these will be of use to all […]
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.