When I was a student I never had any difficulty identifying with the writers and the texts that we studied. … More
Tag: Curriculum
African Writers: Broadening the Literature Curriculum
This blogpost consists of a description of a range of novels by African writers and gives suggestions for how teachers … More
Treat English Teachers as Professionals: Give Them More Choice
When I started teaching the International Baccalaureate (IB) just over a year ago I was shocked and delighted by the … More
Limiting the English Curriculum in the name of ‘Rigour’
At the end of this school year English students will sit the new GCSEs in Language and Literature. The revised … More