Shakespeare Valued: Education Policy and Pedagogy 1989-2009 PDF
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Shakespeare Valued 04380_FM_pi-x.indd 1 2/13/15 9:10:57 PM 04380_FM_pi-x.indd 2 2/13/15 9:10:57 PM Shakespeare Valued Education Policy and Pedagogy 1989–2009 Sarah Olive intellect Bristol, UK / Chicago, USA 04380_FM_pi-x.indd 3 2/13/15 9:10:57 PM First published in the UK in 2015 by Intellect, The Mill, Parnall Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3JG, UK First published in the USA in 2015 by Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Copyright © 2015 Intellect Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Copy-editor: MPS Technologies Cover designer: Shine Chuah Production manager: Jessica Mitchell Typesetting: Contentra Technologies Print ISBN: 978-1-78320-438-0 ePDF ISBN: 978-1-78320-439-7 ePub ISBN: 978-1-78320-440-3 Printed and bound by TJ International. 04380_FM_pi-x.indd 4 4/14/15 7:42:10 AM For my family 04380_FM_pi-x.indd 5 2/13/15 9:10:57 PM 04380_FM_pi-x.indd 6 2/13/15 9:10:57 PM Contents Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 Meaning by Shakespeares 5 Tracing a Cultural Politics of Shakespeare 5 Contextualising Shakespeare in Education 8 Problematising Shakespeare Valued 10 Previewing Shakespeare Valued 13 Chapter 1: Shakespeare in Policy: Agendas for Standards, Skills and Inclusion 15 The Victorian Standards 17 Twentieth-Century English Education Policy 19 The 1989 National Curriculum 21 Why Shakespeare? 23 Why Still Shakespeare? 25 Shakespeare for Skills 28 Shakespeare for Standards 33 Shakespeare for Inclusion 41 Naturalising Shakespeare’s Curriculum Presence 48 Chapter 2: S hakespeare in English Pedagogy: Values, Influence and Criticism 51 Drama in the Curriculum 54 ICT, Media and Creative Writing 57 04380_FM_pi-x.indd 7 2/13/15 9:10:57 PM Shakespeare Valued Literary Critical Approaches 58 Active Methods 63 Contextual Approaches 74 Pedagogies for Trainee Teachers 80 Common Influences on Pedagogies 85 Pedagogies Globally 88 Chapter 3: Shakespeare in Theatre and Heritage: Three Education Departments 91 RSC, SBT and Globe Education 96 Physical Proximity at the SBT 98 Play and Community at the Globe 102 Ensemble Plus at the RSC 106 The RSC as ‘Cultural Chemist’ 110 Afterword 121 Shakespeare Under the Coalition: An End to Shakespeare for All? 124 Works Cited 135 Index 149 viii 04380_FM_pi-x.indd 8 2/13/15 9:10:57 PM Acknowledgements In writing this book, I have been enabled by the help and support of many people. First and foremost, my thanks go to my family old and new. Elaine, Michael, John, Lisa, Amelia and Ruth Olive must be writ large, along with grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and in-laws. My husband, John, and step-children, David and Hannah, came into my life as this research started. This item seems too small a return for their enduring love. Kate McLuskie led the AHRC ‘Interrogating Cultural Value project’ at The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, to which my work belongs, and through which I was supported financially. Kate Rumbold and Emily Linnemann, also members of the project, offered unstinting encouragement. I welcomed the input of the project’s advisory board members, especially Diana Owen, Sharon O’Dair and Paul Yachnin. I have been fortunate to gain feedback on some of this work through conferences, publication and subsequent discussion. A version of the section ‘The Royal Shakespeare Company as “cultural chemist”’ appeared in Shakespeare Survey (64). Eleanor Collins, Cait Fannin Peel, Lisa Houghton-Reed, the Rev’d Stuart Langshaw, Jami Rogers, James Stredder and Alison Stewart all contributed ideas or items specifically towards this book. Catherine Alexander, Karen Ashton, Chelsea Avard, Cat Clifford, Christine Knight, Heather Kerr, Lizz Ketterer, Michelle Morton, Beccy Roberts, Elizabeth Sharrett, Erin Sullivan, Vanita Sundaram and Yolana Wassersug are among those who frequently asked after my writing and never got a short answer. Jessica Mitchell and Megan Jones at Intellect are models of approachable, efficient publishers. This work could not have been sustained without the friendships and collegiality that abound at the Shakespeare Institute and Department of Education, University of York. 04380_FM_pi-x.indd 9 2/13/15 9:10:57 PM
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