Margaret Meek Spencer

Literature, Literacy, Pedagogy and Critique
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-06837-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Key Thinkers in English in Education and the Language Arts

Part of the ground-breaking series Key Thinkers in English and the Language Arts, this seminal text focuses on the work of Margaret Meek Spencer who left a remarkably prolific range of publications over six decades.

With huge influence on literacy teaching both nationally and internationally, this text provides a balanced, wide-ranging and critical evaluation of her contributions to principles and practices within the areas of not only literature and literacy but also her influences upon pedagogy and policy. Colin Meek spotlights the relevance of her work within contemporary landscapes of policy and practice and reflects on the influences she had on many of her students who went on to became leaders within the field of language and literacy education. Chapters also cover the centrality of literature to the growth of children’s intellectual development, which draws upon Meek’s deep understanding of psychology.

This text offers readers the chance to be involved in a critical conversation which will reflect and build upon Meek’s range of writing and her ground-breaking stances on pedagogy and policy.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mills, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Curricula: Planung und Entwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction and overview

Chapter 2 On Literature

Chapter 3 On Literacy

Chapter 4 On Teachers – ‘Where the evidence is’

Chapter 5 On Pedagogy - or ‘Handing down the magic’

Chapter 6 On Policy - or ‘Being constructively critical’

Chapter 7 On Margaret Meek Spencer: Some contemporary challenges in EELA. How might her contribution assist us?

Über Autor(innen)

Colin Mills is a recently retired Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Manchester Institute of Education, having worked as a teacher in primary and secondary schools and as a Lecturer at the Universities of Worcester, Exeter and Central England in Birmingham, as well as publishing widely on literacy and, more recently, on privatisations in English Education.