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McKenzie, Cori Ann; Bender, Geoff – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2021
Purpose: This paper encourages teachers and scholars of English Language Arts to engage deliberately with literary ambiguity. Design/methodology/approach: Through close attention to ambiguous moments in commonly taught texts, the essay argues that explicit attention to ambiguity can support four enduring goals in the field: fostering social…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Individual Development, Childrens Literature, Adolescent Literature
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Andrew Goodwyn – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to provide a critical discussion and re-evaluation of the Personal Growth (PG) model of English, noting that the summer of 2016 marks 50 years since the Dartmouth Conference and the publication of John Dixon's seminal response to the conference in "Growth Through English" (1967). The influence of the London…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Resilience (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes