Can You See the Difference? Early Impacts of the Primary National Literacy Strategy on Four Secondary English Departments

Beverton, S.

doi:10.1080/03057640302038

All Outputs (8)

Pre-service teachers’ conceptions of creativity in elementary school English. (2012)
Journal Article
Newton, L., & Beverton, S. (2012). Pre-service teachers’ conceptions of creativity in elementary school English. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 7(3), 165-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2012.02.002

Targets for the Reading Literacy Curriculum in the Egyptian Secondary School. (2010)
Journal Article
Hussein, A., Beverton, S., & Byram, M. (2010). Targets for the Reading Literacy Curriculum in the Egyptian Secondary School. The journal of reading, writing and literacy, 4(3),

Top-down Management: An Effective Tool in Higher Education? (2007)
Journal Article
Beverton, S., & Tsai, Y. (2007). Top-down Management: An Effective Tool in Higher Education?. International Journal of Educational Management, 21(1), 6-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513540710716786

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the strengths and weaknesses of top-down management in a university that has embraced globalisation with a strong market-led ethos and to suggest the ways in which adjustments might be made to top-dow... Read More about Top-down Management: An Effective Tool in Higher Education?.

The effect of grammar teaching on writing development (2006)
Journal Article
Andrews, R., Torgerson, C., Beverton, S., Freeman, A., Locke, T., Low, G., …Zhu, D. (2006). The effect of grammar teaching on writing development. British Educational Research Journal, 32(1), 39-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920500401997

This article reports on the results of two international systematic research reviews which focus on different aspects of teaching grammar to improve the quality and accuracy of 5–16-year-olds' writing in English. The results show that there is little... Read More about The effect of grammar teaching on writing development.

The Effect of Grammar Teaching (sentence combining) in English on 5 to 16 year olds' accuracy and quality in written composition (2004)
Report
Andrews, R., Torgerson, C., Beverton, S., Freeman, A., Locke, T., Low, G., …Zhu, D. (2004). The Effect of Grammar Teaching (sentence combining) in English on 5 to 16 year olds' accuracy and quality in written composition. [No known commissioning body]

For over a century, there has been debate as to whether the teaching of grammar helps young people to learn to write well. The results have been inconclusive, partly because some parties in the debate have refused to acknowledge research evidence tha... Read More about The Effect of Grammar Teaching (sentence combining) in English on 5 to 16 year olds' accuracy and quality in written composition.

ICT, literacy learning and ESL learners (2004)
Book Chapter
Low, G., & Beverton, S. (2004). ICT, literacy learning and ESL learners. In R. Andrews (Ed.), The impact of ICT on literacy education (91-123). RoutledgeFalmer

A Systematic Review of the Impact of ICT on literacy learning in English of learners between 5 and 16 for whom English is a second or additional language (2004)
Report
Low, G., & Beverton, S. (2004). A Systematic Review of the Impact of ICT on literacy learning in English of learners between 5 and 16 for whom English is a second or additional language. [No known commissioning body]

Can You See the Difference? Early Impacts of the Primary National Literacy Strategy on Four Secondary English Departments (2003)
Journal Article
Beverton, S. (2003). Can You See the Difference? Early Impacts of the Primary National Literacy Strategy on Four Secondary English Departments. Cambridge Journal of Education, 33(2), 217-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057640302038

As schools adapt to the Key Stage 3 Literacy Strategy, this paper looks at early impacts upon secondary English departments of the primary National Literacy Strategy (NLS). Since 1999, pupils with increasing experience of the primary NLS have been en... Read More about Can You See the Difference? Early Impacts of the Primary National Literacy Strategy on Four Secondary English Departments.