PGCE English Pathway Reading List
June 2012
School of Education
PGCE Secondary Programme
Dear PGCE Student
Welcome to the Secondary English PGCE course at Plymouth University In addition to the
general PGCE requirements these preparatory titles will help you read as much as
possible over the summer in readiness for a rapidly paced course.
1.
These are the two set English Pathway readers, required throughout the year
M Fleming & D Stevens (2010) English Teaching in the Secondary School (3rd Edn.)
Abingdon: Routledge
Graddol, D., Leith,D. et al.,
(Eds.) (2007)
2.
Changing English, Abingdon: Routledge
Please read at least one other of the following texts on English Teaching, as a
start to developing your own specialism in English teaching
Adams, A. & Brindley, S.
(2007)
Teaching Secondary English with ICT, Milton Keynes:
Open University Press
Evans, C. Midgley, A. et al.
(2009)
Teaching English: Developing as a Reflective Secondary
Teacher, London: SAGE Publications
Bearne, E. & Marsh, J. (Eds.)
(2007)
Literacy and Social Inclusion: Closing the Gap, London:
Trentham Books Ltd
Marshall, B. (2011)
Testing English: Formative and Summative Approaches
to English Assessment, London: Continuum
Matthewman, S. (2010)
Teaching Secondary English as If the Planet Matters,
London: David Fulton
Crawford, G. (2007)
Brain-Based Teaching with Adolescent Learning in Mind,
London: SAGE
Stredder, J. (2009)
The North Face of Shakespeare: Activities for Teaching
the Plays, Cambridge; CUP
Ellis, V., Fox, C, & Street, B. Rethinking English in Schools: Towards a New and
Constructive Stage, London: Continuum
(Eds) (2007)
3.
Build up your expertise in classroom reading with the first module set fiction
John Boyne (2007)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Pub. various
Louis Sachar (2000)
Holes, London: Bloomsbury
Dip into as many of the following key authors of children’s fiction as possible. NB. You will
be doing some work based on this reading in the PGCE programme.
David Almond
Malorie Blackman
Angela Carter
Robert Cormier
Roald Dahl
Anne Fine
Jamila Gavin
Morris Gleitzman
Janni Howker
Elizabeth Laird
Michelle Magorian
Michael Morpurgo
Philippa Pierce
Terry Pratchett
Susan Price
Jan Simoen
Robert Swindells
Mildred Taylor
J K Rowling
Robert Westall
Jacqueline Wilson
4.
Check out some English specialist and teaching resources
Meet your next favourite book – young people’s fiction
http://www.goodreads.com
BBC Education: a gateway to a great range of English classroom resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/
History of English: background knowledge for teaching about language.
http://www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/history/?view=uk
Routes of English: some lively & humorous studies of the English language
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/storysofar/programme2_2.shtml
British Library resources for language teaching
http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/index.html
TES Connect: Watch ‘Establishing the Ground Rules’ for good behaviour
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Bayley-on-Behaviour-Establishing-the-groundrules-6081864/
Happy reading!
See you in September.
Phil Norman
Subject Pathway Leader
June 2012