English - the torch of life: reflections on the Newbolt Report from an ITE perspective

Roberts, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-1259 (2019) English - the torch of life: reflections on the Newbolt Report from an ITE perspective. English in Education, 53 (3). pp. 211-222. ISSN 0425-0494 doi: 10.1080/04250494.2019.1657772

Abstract/Summary

This article reflects on how English as a school subject was positioned in the seminal paper “The Teaching of English in England”, otherwise known as The Newbolt Report, and its relationship with current government policy in England. Nearly a century after the Report’s publication, questions regarding the content and purpose of English as a subject that arise from Newbolt are used as a lens to consider the challenges presented in the initial training year to Secondary English teachers.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/86083
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/04250494.2019.1657772
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > Institute of Education
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
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