Paying Attention: The Respectful Work of Teachers to Enable Remarkable Achievements by Adolescents

Autor/in	Nevin, Christine
Titel	Paying Attention: The Respectful Work of Teachers to Enable Remarkable Achievements by Adolescents
Quelle	In: Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 28 (2021) 2, S.208-222 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1358-684X
DOI	10.1080/1358684X.2020.1756742
Schlagwörter	Writing Instruction; Educational Policy; English Instruction; Teacher Student Relationship; Writing (Composition); Test Preparation; Creativity; High Stakes Tests; Evaluation Criteria; Concept Formation; Imagination; Thinking Skills; Teaching Methods; Educational Change; Audience Awareness; English Teachers; Secondary School Students; Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibunterricht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Schreibübung; Kreativität; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Denkfähigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsreform; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Sekundarschüler; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland
Abstract	This essay draws from the experience of observing writing practices in English lessons from 2010-2019, to suggest that the influence of education policy during this phase prioritises preparation for examination questions above the imperatives of learner creativity or volition. Through discussion of ways in which the 'high stakes' examination culture drives schools and teachers to focus on explicit preparation for tests and the meeting of examination criteria, the writer explores this skew of learning counter to necessary processes of concept formation and abstract, imaginative, thinking during adolescence. The writer argues for a radical re-think of the paradigm of 'assessment' of learners' writing, predicated on respectful, finessed, teacher attention to what and how learners express their ideas for particular purpose and audience. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01