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Eve English's Outputs (4)

Meeting the Standards? Dyslexic students and the selection process for initial teacher training (2006)
Journal Article
Riddick, B., & English, E. (2006). Meeting the Standards? Dyslexic students and the selection process for initial teacher training. European Journal of Teacher Education, 29(2), 203-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619760600617383

Teacher trainers in England and Wales are clearly instructed they must satisfy themselves that their trainees can reach the specified English literacy standards. This has led to a particular focus on dyslexic applicants and a questioning of their sui... Read More about Meeting the Standards? Dyslexic students and the selection process for initial teacher training.

Environmental Story Sacks (2005)
Journal Article
English, E., & Machin, J. (2005). Environmental Story Sacks. Education 3-13, 33(2), 9-14

Pedagogical Dilemmas in the National Literacy Strategy: primary teachers' perceptions, reflections and classroom behaviour (2002)
Journal Article
English, E., Hargreaves, L., & Hislam, J. (2002). Pedagogical Dilemmas in the National Literacy Strategy: primary teachers' perceptions, reflections and classroom behaviour. Cambridge Journal of Education, 32(1), 9-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057640220116409

This paper argues that the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) offers contradictory pedagogical advice to teachers on 'interactive teaching'. It reports research on teachers' perceptions of and responses to this advice and focuses particularly on NLS de... Read More about Pedagogical Dilemmas in the National Literacy Strategy: primary teachers' perceptions, reflections and classroom behaviour.

Teaching for Understanding: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (2001)
Journal Article
English, E. (2001). Teaching for Understanding: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage. Evaluation and research in education, 15(3), 197-204

This paper briefly considers what research has told us about the development of young children's understanding. It goes on to look at the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (QCA, 2000) in terms of that research. The paper suggests that the... Read More about Teaching for Understanding: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage.