English in a post-war 'experimental comprehensive school': constructing a history, 1946-63

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• Dr Peter Medway, King's College London and Dr John Hardcastle, University of London Institute of Education
• Thursday 19 March 2009, 17:30-19:00
• Room 1S3 New Faculty Building, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Rd.

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Using oral history methods along with data from other sources, we have been trying to uncover the reality of English teaching in the first 15 years of a London Country Council school that was set up as an experimental comprehensive in 1946 and became noted for innovatory teaching. On the basis of some 16 interviews with former teachers and students and a body of other evidence including emailed accounts, we will describe what is emerging and discuss the methodological challenges that confront us.

This talk is part of the Histories of Education and Childhood series.

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