Critical Theory and The English Teacher: Transforming the Subject

by Nick Peim

Overview

In this radical exploration, Nick Peim, himself a practising English teacher, shows how teachers can use critical theory to bring students' own experience back into the subject. The author explains how the insights of discourse theory, psychoanalysis, semiotics and deconstruction can be used on the material of modern culture as well as on and in oral work. The book is written in a style which even those with no background in critical theory will find approachable, and arguments are backed up with practical classroom examples.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134932993
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/11/2002
Series:	Teaching Secondary English Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	967 KB

About the Author

Nick Peim is Head of English at Beauchamp College, Leicester.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 The habits of English 2 Theory and the politics of English 3 On the subject of reading 4 Grammatology for beginners 5 Oral theory 6 Literature, language, literacy and values 7 Aspects of English 8 New bearings

Editorial Reviews

‘A powerfully sceptical survey of English teaching which forces us to question some of our most fundamental assumptions.' - Terry Eagleton, Oxford University

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