Donaldson has named four purposes of education that Welsh teachers should be concerned with. English teachers should be particularly stirred by them when Literature is under attack and when those children who need to be given access to the best ideas i …

A little more from the paper produced by me for and with Literature Wales. The full paper will soon be published on Literature Wales web-site. “A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men” —Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Great Glass E …

This is a section from a paper written with, and for, Literature Wales which will soon be available in full on their web-site. Wales has a long tradition of writing, both in English and Welsh. Contemporary writers continue to turn a mirror on our socie …

I was listening to The World at One, on Radio 4, and was delighted to hear of an initiative sweeping across Europe. It is particularly popular in French schools. Its premises are particularly close to my heart. It is a simple plan which could have wide …

Disorientation and mindfulness in the creative writing classroom   Morley (2007:9) uses the word ‘defamilarisation’ to define a concept he prizes in the process of creativity, so that the world is looked at more carefully and without preconception …

Annotation The skill of marking a text as you read is so important in that teachers need to be sure that they are consciously teaching students to work on text within their subject areas. Students should be encouraged to – Underline key words Ask quest …