We’re looking for new members to join the Secondary and Further Education Committee. Our work in secondary and further education is driven by the Secondary and Further Education Committee, working alongside our other Education Committees. Members of the SFEC bring a mix of expertise and experience from across the discipline, including teachers, heads of department,…
All our committees report to the Board of Trustees. Each is tasked with oversight of a different part of the EA’s work. The Education Committees work to support and defend the discipline of English by addressing topical developments, responding to national consultations, liaising with other organisations, and organising events. The three Committees focus on different…
Connecting the socio-cultural lives of learners to their English Language Study Programme This session begin by looking at how elitist ideologies around how language is used may serve to alienate learners from the study of language, before moving towards and exploration of how music and song lyrics were used in my research as a pedagogic…
What does it mean to decolonise pedagogy in the secondary English classroom? This session explores what it means to decolonise pedagogy in the secondary English classroom and how this can complicate common misunderstandings of ‘decolonisation’ as simply ‘diversification’. We’ll offer a liberating and helpful look at options for teachers who might not be able to…
Geraldine Onek and Caroline Herbert share their experiences of decolonising projects in local schools Geraldine Onek [schoolteacher and founder of Lancaster Black History Group] and Dr Caroline Herbert [Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and leader of the Decolonising English project] join us to share their experiences of working with primary and secondary schools in…
Contents How the EA is working with the Maternity Paternity Teacher project to support parent-teachers Rose Tucker I trained as an English teacher over a decade ago and I still believe that it’s the best job in the world. In the early years of my career the thrill of getting a room full of teenagers…
Widening participation in English: sector-wide best practice