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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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Smith, Lorna; Thomas, Helena; Chapman, Susan; Foley, Joan; Kelly, Lucy; Kneen, Judith; Watson, Annabel – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2022
This paper tells a story of one student teacher's experiences as she considers the choice of fiction texts studied by young secondary learners of English, and how those texts are taught. Based on a series of interviews carried out in the South-West of England and Wales, the narrative provides a perspective on the limitations of current curricula…
Descriptors: Fiction, Student Teachers, Secondary School Students, Reading Material Selection