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Case studies of three English departments in three London Schools, 1945 -1965
Today, English remains a contested domain. Contrary to what historians have habitually reported, our research is revealing that the radically new curriculum and pedagogy for the teaching of English that historians have usually ascribed to the 1960s was already well under way in the 1950s. It seems to us that the origins of what is referred to as ‘The New English’ lies partly in the immediate post-war climate of democratic optimism and cultural renewal, and partly in a much older 'progressive' tradition.
In our research project, Social Change and English, 1945 -65, we are looking into teacher-led innovation in a handful of secondary English Departments that had a disproportionate influence on English teaching. Using an approach involving extensive use of oral history methods, we are conducting case studies of three London secondary school English departments concentrating on interviews with surviving teachers and pupils together with the study of documents such as school records and student work. Against a backdrop of wider social change, I will bring out some of the main philosophical differences among English teachers, their methods as well as describing contrasting contexts for English in post-war London.
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| 1 Mar 2011 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm |
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