ERIC Number: EJ1397672
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1468-1366
EISSN: EISSN-1747-5104
Selective Amnesia and the Political Act of Remembering English Teaching
Pitfield, Maggie; Gilbert, Francis; Asamoah Boateng, Claudia; Stanger, Camilla
Pedagogy, Culture and Society, v31 n5 p1059-1077 2023
In this article the authors explore the phenomenon of 'selective amnesia' as it relates to education. We define this as a politically engineered loss of collective memory, both curricular and pedagogic, which has adversely affected what teachers and teacher-educators do. Through an intergenerational dialogue between four secondary English teachers/teacher-educators, we invoke the power of memory to explore alternatives to currently dominant narratives in English teaching. Our starting point is 'what exactly has been forgotten?' From there we move on to consider the underlying principles and values of the different model of English that emerges from our collective memory, and discuss how this might engage with policy in order to identify new forms and ideas. We propose that, for those involved in English teaching and teacher education in the here and now, memory has both a critical and motivational role to play.
Descriptors: Politics, Secondary School Teachers, English Instruction, Teacher Educators, Memory, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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