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Literacy and Growth is a unique genealogical study of English teaching in the UK and abroad since the 18th century. Focusing specifically on the concepts of literacy and growth, this book explores key moments in the development of ideas about English teaching.

Hodgson and Harris reveal the Enlightenment forebears of such contemporary concepts as cultural capital and critical literacy; the significance of growth to the writers and social critics who opposed Victorian Utilitarianism; and the 20th-century influences that established English as a humane study, including the Newbolt Report, the Cambridge Scrutiny group, and the London School of Percival Gurrey and James Britton. The authors examine unpublished Dartmouth Conference papers to reconsider John Dixon's construction of growth in his seminal report Growth through English (1967). They reflect on the turbulent aftermath of Dartmouth, the changes in the growth model following the cultural turn

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 8/13/2024
      ISBN-13 9780367901080
      978-0367901080
      ISBN-10 0367901080
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Literacy and Growth is a unique genealogical study of English teaching in the UK and abroad since the 18th century. Focusing specifically on the concepts of literacy and growth, this book explores key moments in the development of ideas about English teaching.

      Hodgson and Harris reveal the Enlightenment forebears of such contemporary concepts as cultural capital and critical literacy; the significance of growth to the writers and social critics who opposed Victorian Utilitarianism; and the 20th-century influences that established English as a humane study, including the Newbolt Report, the Cambridge Scrutiny group, and the London School of Percival Gurrey and James Britton. The authors examine unpublished Dartmouth Conference papers to reconsider John Dixon's construction of growth in his seminal report Growth through English (1967). They reflect on the turbulent aftermath of Dartmouth, the changes in the growth model following the cultural turn

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