Oracy

The Politics of Speech Education
Herausgeber: Wright, Tom F.

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Produktbeschreibung

Oracy - or 'speaking and listening' - has become one of the most eagerly-debated ideas in modern education. But where has this idea come from? What are its benefits or negative consequences? This book brings together perspectives from a wide range of practitioners and leading researchers to demystify this widely misunderstood concept.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009440325
• ISBN-10: 1009440322
• Artikelnr.: 73532823

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Contributor list
Foreword Alastair Campbell
Introduction: the uses of oracy Tom F. Wright
Part I. Debating Oracy in the UK: 1. Listening without prejudice: what kind of talk is taught and valued in the classroom? Amy Gaunt
2. Oracy and social (in)justice Ian Cushing
3. Fluency for me, but not for thee: why disadvantaged pupils deserve oracy Qamar Shafiq
4. Confidence and outcomes for students and teachers: what does the evidence say? Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Katrina Kelly, Amanda Moorghen and Rebekah Simon-Caffyn
5. Lend me your ears: listening at the heart of oracy Debbie Newman
6. A defence of oracy Neil Mercer
Part II. Oracy in Global Context: 7. Oracy overseas Arlene Holmes-Henderson and Sarah Lambert
8. What Can be Learnt from Global Traditions of Oracy? Karin Barber
9. Lessons in oracy from the US education system Harriet Piercy
Part III. Oracy in History and Theory: 10. What the chartists and suffragettes realised about oracy Tom F. Wright
11. From elocution to empowerment: a history of the oracy movement in Britain Alan Howe
12. Oracy as Justice: Releasing Civic Voices Stephen Coleman
13. The trouble with oracy? Deborah Cameron
Index.