TY - BOOK
T1 - The Future of English Teaching Worldwide: Celebrating 50 Years from the Dartmouth Conference
AU - Goodwyn, Andrew
AU - Durrant, Cal
AU - Sawyer, Wayne
AU - Scherff, Lisa
AU - Zancanella, Don
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The seminal Dartmouth Conference (1966) remains a remarkably influential moment in the history of English teaching. Bringing together leading voices in contemporary English education, this book celebrates the Conference and its legacy, drawing attention to what it has achieved, and the questions it has raised. Encompassing a multitude of reflections on the Dartmouth Conference, The Future of English Teaching Worldwide provides fresh and revisionist readings of the meeting and its leading figures. Chapters showcase innovative and exciting new insights for English scholars and address both theoretical and practical elements of teaching English in a variety of settings and countries. Covering topics including the place of new media in English curricula, the role of the canon, poetry and grammar, the text is divided into three accessible sections: - Historical Perspectives - Dartmouth today: why it still matters - Reflections: but for the future This powerful collection will be of value to researchers, postgraduate students, literature scholars, practitioners, teacher educators, trainee and in-service teachers, as well as other parties involved in the teaching and study of English.
AB - The seminal Dartmouth Conference (1966) remains a remarkably influential moment in the history of English teaching. Bringing together leading voices in contemporary English education, this book celebrates the Conference and its legacy, drawing attention to what it has achieved, and the questions it has raised. Encompassing a multitude of reflections on the Dartmouth Conference, The Future of English Teaching Worldwide provides fresh and revisionist readings of the meeting and its leading figures. Chapters showcase innovative and exciting new insights for English scholars and address both theoretical and practical elements of teaching English in a variety of settings and countries. Covering topics including the place of new media in English curricula, the role of the canon, poetry and grammar, the text is divided into three accessible sections: - Historical Perspectives - Dartmouth today: why it still matters - Reflections: but for the future This powerful collection will be of value to researchers, postgraduate students, literature scholars, practitioners, teacher educators, trainee and in-service teachers, as well as other parties involved in the teaching and study of English.
KW - English language
KW - study and teaching
KW - Dartmouth Conference
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:49528
M3 - Authored Book
SN - 9781138495210
BT - The Future of English Teaching Worldwide: Celebrating 50 Years from the Dartmouth Conference
PB - Routledge
CY - U.K.
ER -