A beginning, middle and end? : A study of the work of writers in education / by Maura Dooley

By:

Dooley, Maura

Contributor(s):

London Arts Board

Publication details: London : London Arts Board, 1996Description: 51 pISBN:

0947784306

Summary: This report attempts to assess how schools and writers can and do benefit from working with each other. I was asked to look for models of practice, case studies, resources and approaches that might inform London Arts Board's funding policy and priorities. I was asked to consider current policy and practice but to resist general arguments already well documented elsewhere. (…) The educational aim of all this work was to encourage and foster the understanding, knowledge and practice of literature. The creation of Literature Development Worker posts may be seen as a direct consequence of the spadework carried out through the Writers-in-Schools/ Writers-in-the-Community schemes of the 1980s. The majority of writers' visits still take place in schools. How these visits come about presents a complicated picture. There is great variation from one Regional Arts Board (RAB) to the next in terms of how much support they are able, or willing, to give to schemes of this kind. A great deal of the work going on in schools happens on an ad hoc basis, paid for 'out of the biscuit tin'. The result of this is: • That there is no good documentation available on the amount and scope of writing work currently going on in schools. • That one school cannot benefit from the experience of another school. One energetic, enthusiastic and ultimately exhausted teacher after another is constantly having to reinvent the wheel. (…) (Font: Introduction and Background)

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC	BL20 Doo 96	1	Available		1900013709

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1. Introduction -- 2. A Brief History of Writers-in-Schools Schemes -- 3. Schemes and Organisations that support and promote Writers-in-Schools -- 4. Work with and in Schools -- 5. Case Study: Newham Young Writers -- 6. Training -- 7. Conclusion -- 8. Recommendations -- Appendix 1: Interviewes -- Appendix 2: Sources

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