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Bentley, Nick – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2023
This essay examines learners' understanding of how they use role. It draws upon a semi-structured interview with five Year 7 students, which took place after their first lesson exploring "Darkwood Manor," a gothic sequence of drama. Considering the elements which shape how they adopt roles in the classroom, I interrogate the students'…
Descriptors: Self Motivation, Cooperation, Peer Relationship, Role Playing
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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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Pillay, Ansurie – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2021
In this paper, I reflect on a series of lectures, underpinned by the principles of critical pedagogy, when engaging with Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Working with student teachers in a South African School of Education, I used a talk-back design to enable students to talk back to the canon and open the dialogue about resistance. I used…
Descriptors: Drama, English Literature, Foreign Countries, Critical Theory
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Driver, Duncan – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2022
This article investigates the teaching of rhetoric as a discrete discipline within the curriculum of Tudor-era English grammar schools (such as the King's New Grammar School in Stratford-Upon-Avon, where William Shakespeare is believed to have been educated). It examines more recent attempts to advocate for the value of rhetoric as a unifying…
Descriptors: Drama, English Literature, Teaching Methods, Creativity
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Howie, Mark – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2021
Reflecting on a day of dangerous bushfire conditions in NSW, I recount my leadership responsibilities as a principal, highlighting the shaping force of my English teaching past in my response to certain managerial demands that I faced. I illustrate how the sense of ethical responsibility and a commitment to openness that came to define my…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advocacy, Instructional Leadership, Principals