Conflicting conservative and radical impulses in English society after WWII were played out in microcosm in education. They particularly shaped English teaching, examined in three post-war London schools in a detailed study that uses oral history-interviews with former teachers and students-and documents including mark books and students' work.

Autorentext
Author Georgina Brewis: Georgina Brewis is a John Adams Career Development Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. The Period, the Education System, and the Teaching of English 3. Hackney Downs 4. Walworth 5. Minchenden 6. The Three Schools - What We Have Learned 7. Conclusions