English For The Rejected: Training Literacy In The Lower Streams Of The Secondary School
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
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At a time when educational failure was quietly accepted as an inevitable byproduct of a stratified school system, David Holbrook issued a passionate and rigorous challenge to the status quo. English for the Rejected chronicles his firsthand experience teaching literacy to students placed in the lowest streams of secondary school — those written off by an institution that had ceased to believe in them — and presents a compelling, humanistic case for rethinking how we approach language, creativity, and the inner lives of struggling learners. Drawing on classroom exercises, student writing, and psychological insight, Holbrook argues that even the most disengaged pupil possesses an imaginative and emotional capacity that conventional teaching methods systematically suppress. Rooted in the progressive educational philosophy that gained traction in postwar Britain, this work stands as both a practical teaching manual and a work of profound social conscience. Holbrook's prose is urgent yet tender, driven by a conviction that literacy is not merely a technical skill but a gateway to self-expression and human dignity. A Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, he brings scholarly rigour to what is ultimately a deeply personal argument — one that continues to challenge educators to ask not what a child cannot do, but what they have never been given the chance to become.
Author: David Holbrook
Format: Paperback
Published: 1965, Cambridge University Press
Genre: Education theory
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At a time when educational failure was quietly accepted as an inevitable byproduct of a stratified school system, David Holbrook issued a passionate and rigorous challenge to the status quo. English for the Rejected chronicles his firsthand experience teaching literacy to students placed in the lowest streams of secondary school — those written off by an institution that had ceased to believe in them — and presents a compelling, humanistic case for rethinking how we approach language, creativity, and the inner lives of struggling learners. Drawing on classroom exercises, student writing, and psychological insight, Holbrook argues that even the most disengaged pupil possesses an imaginative and emotional capacity that conventional teaching methods systematically suppress. Rooted in the progressive educational philosophy that gained traction in postwar Britain, this work stands as both a practical teaching manual and a work of profound social conscience. Holbrook's prose is urgent yet tender, driven by a conviction that literacy is not merely a technical skill but a gateway to self-expression and human dignity. A Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, he brings scholarly rigour to what is ultimately a deeply personal argument — one that continues to challenge educators to ask not what a child cannot do, but what they have never been given the chance to become.