Category: Literacy
Discipline Of English treats Literacy as a specialism within the department of English, and not merely an intervention strategy. Here are some thoughts on delivering a Literacy curriculum.
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Literacy skills precede the body of knowledge in Language and Literature – so what is the ‘structure’ to be learnt in Literacy, that aids comprehension, and taxonomically precedes structure in those other disciplines? Here’s how I do it.
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Literacy occupies a paradoxical position in secondary education: essential to every subject, yet rarely treated as a discipline with its own expertise, curriculum, and professional knowledge. Despite sustained national attention, reports from Ofsted, the DfE, and the EEF show that secondary schools continue to see limited improvement in reading, particularly for pupils who enter with…
