The sound of screaming: film and Gothic literature Features

1 March 2025

The sound of screaming: film and Gothic literature

Using The Turn of the Screw and its cinematic adaptation, The Innocents, Rachel Roberts considers the Gothic genre’s…

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Literary theory for children Features

1 March 2025

Literary theory for children

How, asks Arthur Sawbridge, can we ease students through the transition from KS4 to KS5…

Arthur Sawbridge 0

Reluctantly connected: beginning teachers’ identities as teacher-writers Features

1 March 2025

Reluctantly connected: beginning teachers’ identities as teacher-writers

Alison Binney and Lizzi Rawlinson-Mills explore the self-perceptions of trainee teachers of their identity as…

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Year Eight vs. ChatGPT: putting promptcraft to the student test Features

1 March 2025

Year Eight vs. ChatGPT: putting promptcraft to the student test

As AI tools become increasingly embedded in students’ lives, Francesca de Garis’s Year Eight class…

Francesca de Garis

How Dennis Kelly’s DNA forces us to confront humanity’s moral dilemmas Features

1 March 2025

How Dennis Kelly’s DNA forces us to confront humanity’s moral dilemmas

From sociological theories to the darker truths of human behaviour, Emma Stott examines how Dennis Kelly's…

Emma Stott

The genealogy of ‘growth’ and ‘literacy’   Features

1 March 2025

The genealogy of ‘growth’ and ‘literacy’  

In an overview of their book, Literacy and Growth: a Genealogy of English Teaching, John Hodgson…

John Hodgson

Using comparative judgement to help students engage with feedback Features

1 March 2025

Using comparative judgement to help students engage with feedback

Marking assessments is time-consuming and often fails to deliver meaningful improvements. Bhavini Goldman and Dhrupal…

Dhrupal Goldman

Rethinking explicit vocabulary instruction: a dialogic approach Features

1 March 2025

Rethinking explicit vocabulary instruction: a dialogic approach

Deb Niven challenges traditional approaches to vocabulary instruction in English classrooms, arguing for a shift…

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Racial representation in Edexcel’s Belonging Anthology and The Merchant of Venice Features

1 March 2025

Racial representation in Edexcel’s Belonging Anthology and The Merchant of Venice

Drawing on research conducted by Becca Durham as part of the University of Birmingham’s MA…

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Sweding, Fortnite and mini-briefs: low-stakes practical work in the English and media classroom  Features

1 November 2024

Sweding, Fortnite and mini-briefs: low-stakes practical work in the English and media classroom 

April McCarthy reports on the results of an investigation into the place of continuing practical…

April McCarthy