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Marcello Giovanelli & Jessica Mason
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Why you should stop focusing on the literary canon and embrace what interests students
Placing too much emphasis on the ‘great’ works of literature fails to recognise the importance of texts that have meaning to students, argue Marcello Giovanelli and Jessica Mason
12 January 2017
Why you should ditch the canon
Placing too much emphasis on teacher knowledge fails to recognise the importance of the understanding each student brings to the act of learning, argue Marcello Giovanelli and Jessica Mason
16 December 2016