Curriculum and Assessment in English 11 to 19
Curriculum and Assessment in English 11 to 19: A Better Plan provides an overview of the subject in considerable breadth and depth, and offers a clear, balanced and forceful critique of the current English curriculum and its associated examinations for 11- to 19-year-olds in England, and of developments in the area during the past thirty years.
The book restates fundamental truths about how students speak, read and write English with confidence and control. It describes how English can be taught most effectively, calls for an urgent review of some aspects of the current National Curriculum and its examination arrangements, and – crucially – proposes viable alternatives. This invaluable resource for those working in English, media and drama education has a wide perspective and takes a principled and informed pedagogical approach.
Based on a series of much-admired booklets released by the UKLA in 2015, this accessible guide to both theory and practice will be of interest to teachers, student teachers, teacher-educators, advisers and policy-makers in the UK and internationally.
John Richmond has a breadth of experience as a classroom English teacher in London, as a local-authority English adviser, as an officer on the National Writing Project and the Language in the National Curriculum Project, and as commissioning editor in schools television.
Andrew Burn is Professor of English, Media and Drama at the UCL Institute of Education, UK.
Peter Dougill is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, UK.
Angela Goddard is Chair of A-level English Language examiners at a national examination board, Professor of English Language at York St John University, UK, and a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow.
Mike Raleigh was Senior Regional Director of the National Strategies in England and an adviser to the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Peter Traves is an independent educational consultant in the UK.