{"product_id":"literacy-and-growth-9780367901080","title":"Literacy and Growth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiteracy and Growth\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique genealogical study of English teaching in the UK and abroad since the 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. Focusing specifically on the concepts of literacy and growth, this book explores key moments in the development of ideas about English teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHodgson 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 \u003ci\u003eScrutiny\u003c\/i\u003e 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 The authors examine unpublished Dartmouth Conference papers to reconsider John Dixon's construction of growth in his seminal report \u003ci\u003eGrowth through English\u003c\/i\u003e (1967). They reflect on the turbulent aftermath of Dartmouth, the changes in the growth model following the cultural turn\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018091888983,"sku":"9780367901080","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367901080.jpg?v=1750775605","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/literacy-and-growth-9780367901080","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}