Warwick / Speakman Redefining English for the More Able

A Practical Guide
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-13736-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten

Reihe: Redefining More Able Education

Written by Ian Warwick, founder of London Gifted and Talented, this practical guide offers English teachers news ways of thinking about teaching the more able, together with strategies to implement in the classroom straight way. It shows you how to recognize ‘threshold concepts’, critical points when students make advances in learning, how to enrich classroom conversation, help learners develop complex ideas and attack texts from as many angles as possible. Chapters address different age groups and aspects of English - short stories, drama, poetry, film - and include example lessons, demonstrating what ideas looks like in practice and showing how we can stretch and challenge all students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Warwick, Ian

Speakman, Ray

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik Hochbegabtenförderung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Understanding English for the More Able 1. Analysing the backstory: When and how did English lose its way? 2. Redefining the discipline: What is the point of teaching English? 3. Overcoming the hurdles: What barriers exist to block the highest achievement in English? 4. Driving engagement in English: Why are ‘Manageable gaps’ so important? 5. Investigating the theory: What can current research add to the teaching of English? Part II Into Practice 6. Moving in to the linguistic universe (ages 8-11): Taking learners into the ‘art and craft of writing’ 7. Discovering the long road to me through short stories (11-14): Moving learners into ‘new territories’ 8. Crafting perfected attention through poetry (14-16) 9. Disturbing the peace through drama (14-16) 10. Exploring structure and meaning through film (16+) Appendix, Glossary

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Warwick set up and is Senior Director of London Gifted & Talented (www.londongt.org) originally part of the groundbreaking London Challenge Programme that tackled issues of disadvantage across the city. Since 2003 LG&T have directly worked with well over 3,000 schools and 11,000 teachers nationally. He has published extensively in the field of education, with books, chapters and articles in national and international journals. He has spoken at many national and world conferences and is consultant editor for Gifted Education International. He has also written award winning high challenge e-learning materials and several film screenplays.

He set up the REAL Project (www.realproject.org.uk), a national programme that for five years led the way to improve the provision of education for BME and EAL students. He has established and led several independent state school partnerships across the UK with leading schools such as the Haberdashers' and Highgate; currently he is involved with a Mayoral Excellence Programme with Eton, St. Paul's, CTK, NLCS and Wellington College. He developed a suite of customised online learning materials for the Hong Kong Academy and for schools in Singapore and has worked directly with networks of schools in many countries across Europe and Africa, as well as in the Middle and Far East.