Annabel Watson
Teacher agency in the selection of literary texts
Watson, Annabel; Kelly, Lucy; Foley, Joan; Kneen, Judith; Chapman, Susan; Smith, Lorna; Thomas, Helena
Authors
Lucy Kelly
Joan Foley Joan.Foley@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Secondary English Education
Judith Kneen
Susan Chapman
Lorna Smith
Helena Thomas
Abstract
The nature of English as a school subject–and particularly English literature–is a longstanding issue of debate for practitioners and researchers internationally. One dimension of this concerns the forces that shape the diet of literary texts that students are fed. In this study, we draw on the ecological model of agency to interrogate the factors which influence how teachers choose literary texts for whole class teaching. Dimensions of agency are used as lenses to reveal the complex ways in which values and beliefs, structures of authority, material resources, and identities shape the selection of books, plays and poetry that are taught in English. By looking across these dimensions, we identify important questions which contribute to the debate: who should have agency to choose the texts taught; how does teacher agency influence students’ experiences of English literature; how far should we expect these experiences to be standardised?.
Citation
Watson, A., Kelly, L., Foley, J., Kneen, J., Chapman, S., Smith, L., & Thomas, H. (2022). Teacher agency in the selection of literary texts. English in Education, 56(4), 340-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/04250494.2022.2085550
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 30, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 27, 2022 |
Publication Date | Oct 2, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Jan 30, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 30, 2023 |
Journal | English in Education |
Print ISSN | 0425-0494 |
Electronic ISSN | 1754-8845 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 56 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 340-356 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/04250494.2022.2085550 |
Keywords | Literature, Literary Theory, Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics, Education, Teacher agency, Teaching literature |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10109135 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/04250494.2022.2085550 |
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