SHAKESPEARE IN THE CURRICULUM - DIRECTION BY CONTENT

Authors
WADE B SHEPPARD J
Citation
B. Wade et J. Sheppard, SHAKESPEARE IN THE CURRICULUM - DIRECTION BY CONTENT, Educational studies, 19(3), 1993, pp. 267-274
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
Educational studies → ACNP
ISSN journal
03055698
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
267 - 274
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-5698(1993)19:3<267:SITC-D>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The results of a survey of secondary English Shakespeare teaching in o ne local education authority are reported Centralised control of curri culum content in English is discussed in relation to findings about ho w much Shakespeare teaching is done and which plays teachers selected. The suggestion is made that recent controversy about content directio n has deflected attention from the more important issues of methods of teaching and in-service education.