Garth Boomer, English Teaching and Curriculum Leadership

Bill Green (Charles Sturt University, Australia)

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Routledge
01 July 2024

Philosophy & theory of education; Educational strategies & policy; Curriculum planning & development; Examinations & assessment; Teaching skills & techniques

Series: Key Thinkers in English in Education and the Language Arts

This book provides a broad introduction to the critical work of leading Australian educator Garth Boomer, widely recognised as a significant figure in English teaching. This insightful text provides an accessible introduction to his work, with particular reference to English curriculum and pedagogy, and provides a fascinating account of his journey as a scholar-practitioner, from classroom teaching to the highest levels of the educational bureaucracy.

Bill Green explores Boomer’s huge influence on literacy education, teacher development, curriculum inquiry, and educational policy, and critically asks why Boomer’s insights and arguments about English teaching from the last century have such importance for the field now. This text also focuses on the nature and significance of his curriculum thinking, specifically his arguments and provocations regarding English teaching, the English classroom, and the contexts that infuse and shape them. It constitutes a rich resource for rethinking English teaching in the present day and provides an important contribution to the historical imagination.

With all due consideration of the larger context of social life and educational thought, this text will help any student of English in Education and Language Arts obtain a deeper understanding of Boomer’s vital contribution to the field of education.

By: Bill Green (Charles Sturt University Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9781032449951
ISBN 10: 1032449950
Series: Key Thinkers in English in Education and the Language Arts
Pages: 110
Publication Date: 01 July 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Adult education , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

01. Introduction and Overview 02. Negotiating the (English) Curriculum 03. ‘Teacher Power’ – On Teachers and Teaching 04. Teaching English? Construing and (De)constructing the Territory 05. Conclusion: Neoliberal Conditions and Larrikin Lessons 06. Appendix: ‘Ten Strategies for Good Teaching’ (1982)

Bill Green is Emeritus Professor of Education at Charles Sturt University, Australia.

Reviews for Garth Boomer, English Teaching and Curriculum Leadership

“Garth Boomer and Bill Green are two of the most influential thinkers in the combined fields of English teaching and curriculum inquiry. To read Green on Boomer, in depth, is a precious opportunity to learn from the legacy of a man who died much too early. Educators need Boomer and his work today more than ever, in the fight to retain teacher agency and professionalism. Boomer, as pragmatic-radical, provocateur, bon vivant, bureaucrat and above all, teacher, emerges here, from his written archive, as both elusive and vital. He is a fascinating mystery for those like me, who never met him. Yet a quote from his writing introduces my PhD thesis and he inspires me every day. Green's pedagogical guidance, evocative writing and dialogic commentary keep Boomer alive for us all.” Lucinda McKnight, Associate-Professor, Deakin University, Australia