Only Disconnect: Rereading Margaret Meek Spencer -- Of Policies and Practices

Autor/in	Goodwyn, Andy
Titel	Only Disconnect: Rereading Margaret Meek Spencer -- Of Policies and Practices
Quelle	In: English in Education, 56 (2022) 3, S.261-272 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Goodwyn, Andy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0425-0494
DOI	10.1080/04250494.2022.2094759
Schlagwörter	Literacy Education; Political Attitudes; Independent Reading; Intellectual Development; English Instruction; Childrens Literature; Literature Appreciation; Human Dignity; Self Esteem; Reading Instruction; Educational Policy; Reading Research; Policy Analysis; Foreign Countries; School Districts; National Curriculum; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education; Researchers; Criticism; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Freies Lesen; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Literarische Wertung; Menschenwürde; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Leseunterricht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Leseforschung; Politikfeldanalyse; Ausland; School district; Schulbezirk; Researcher; Forscher; Kritik
Abstract	This article reviews Margaret Meek Spencer's body of work in relation to the various policies that she critiqued from the Bullock Report in 1974 to the National Literacy Strategy in 2004. She analysed increasingly conservative moves to promote a dominant, elitist version of school literacy. A Critical Realist perspective aligns with Margaret Meek Spencer's view of a highly structuring political movement to maintain a model of merely functional literacy. She focused on the agentive, engaged reader from birth and some of the intellectual and societal structures that hampered the development of authentic, independent readers. Several of her major themes are reviewed, including her rich and complex view of literacy and its relationship to literary competence, a personal growth view that emphasised the centrality of children's literature and finally her emphasis on the role of reading in fostering human dignity and self-esteem. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01