Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; England: questions of history, theory and curriculum; 'English' in England: its history and transformations; Beliefs about 'English' in England; Shaping the English specialist: initial teacher training for English teachers in England; Australia: questions of pedagogy; English in Australia: its emergence and transformations; Beliefs about English in Australia; Shaping the specialist: initial teacher training for English specialists in Australia; United States: questions of practice and individual expression
Teaching English in the United StatesBeliefs about 'English' in the United States; Shaping the specialist: requirements of programmes leading to teacher certification in the United States; Shared questions, different answers: different questions, shared answers; English for the twenty-first century?; Index
Summary
Offers a lively and accessible guide through past and present debates about the English curriculum which will appeal to students and practising teachers