Literacy and Growth

John Hodgson is Editor of English in Education. He taught English in secondary schools and Cultural and Media Studies at the University of the West of England, UK.Ann Harris is Professor Emerita of International Education at the University of Huddersfield, UK. She was formerly Head of English and Media in a large sixth form college.

“This really is a genealogical exploration of English education – this is the history of every English teacher and where we came from. Tracing the patterns and evolutions of thought about literacy and literature education, it is saturated with knowledge.”Victoria Elliott, Associate Professor of English and Literacy Education, University of Oxford, UK“A fascinating, timely and important (English) curriculum story, well told, this innovative book about English teaching today ranges from the Scottish Enlightenment to Dartmouth and beyond. With perhaps its most striking feature being its history of ideas approach and tracing various twists and ‘turns’ in the subject, the authors are to be congratulated on creatively and comprehensively opening up the view, in a way that enriches scholarship and pedagogy alike. Required reading for 21st century English teaching.”Bill Green, Emeritus Professor, Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia

• 1. Growth2. The Origins of Modern English Education3. Culture of the Feelings? Literacy And Education in the Industrial Revolution4. Romantic Developmentalism: The Colonial Genealogy of The Newbolt Report5. The Genealogy and Legacy Of ‘Cambridge English’6. Ancestral Voices: The Dartmouth Debates7. The Genealogy of the “London School”8. Literacy, Politics and Culture in the Late 20th Century9. What Every English Student Should Know? The Genealogy of ‘Cultural Literacy’10. Literacy and Growth – Into the Future