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Elliott, Victoria; Olive, Sarah – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2023
In this paper, we report data from the first national survey of secondary Shakespeare teaching in the UK, conducted online in 2017-18 with a sample of 211 teachers distributed throughout Wales, England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. In this article, we outline the pedagogical practices which are dominant. Specifically, we examine the group of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, English Literature, Foreign Countries, National Surveys
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Elliott, Victoria; Olive, Sarah – English in Education, 2021
In this paper, we report data from the first national survey of secondary Shakespeare teaching in the UK, conducted online in 2017-18 with a sample of 211 teachers distributed through England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. We report on what is taught and why. Our survey shows that the most popular play in the UK is "Macbeth,"…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, English Literature, National Surveys, English Instruction
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Elliott, Victoria – English in Education, 2017
This article explores the use of "representativeness" as a guide to examining at English A-level through an analysis of two training days on two different modules. "Representativeness" is a cognitive heuristic which guides decision-making essentially by asking 'how much does this example look as if it belongs to this class of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Exit Examinations