Cultural Capital and Education Archives

Some thoughts on working hard at teaching

by thequillguy | Nov 3, 2021 | Conceptual Teaching, Cultural Capital and Education, Educational Sociology | 0 |

Teaching is a tough profession if you are emotionally invested. The institution of education is...

Guest Post – An English Literature Workshop with Myself, Age 14

by thequillguy | Jul 22, 2019 | Book Clubs, Cultural Capital and Education, For Living | 0 |

Today’s post is an Oxbridge student’s reflection on what she would say to her...

Using Total War as an ECA: Decisive Battles in History and Exploring Literary Context

by thequillguy | Jul 4, 2019 | Conceptual Teaching, Cultural Capital and Education, For Students | 0 |

Exciting students in history opens them to wider cultural trends. In Beijing I ran, with the able...

Chloe Moran’s Brianna: Example Creative Writing Project from the Summer of 2013

by thequillguy | Jul 11, 2018 | Cultural Capital and Education, Descriptive and Creative Writing, For Students | 0 |

Brianna by Chloe Moran from gregorycanderson

Is there a moral element to teaching literature? Some thoughts over breakfast today.

by thequillguy | Jun 30, 2018 | Cultural Capital and Education, For Life, For Living, For School, For Students, Writing for Life and Publication | 0 |

A literature curriculum offers a strong moral element that students should not be denied. That...

Lecture: An Apology for Gaming Culture: Intellectual Trickery or Mindless Clickery?

by thequillguy | Jun 10, 2018 | Cultural Capital and Education, For Life, For Living, For School | 0 |

A lecture I gave defending gaming culture, or at least my favourite parts of it. Gaming Culture:...

Focusing on Writing Composition for MA: why is this under-related to what the profession does?

by thequillguy | Jan 1, 2018 | Cultural Capital and Education, For School, How to Teach Writing, Non Fiction Writing | 0 |

The past few days I have been reading about writing composition with some interest as a synthesis...

Dissertation Focus: Fiction Writing or Functional Writing? Or seeing how others do it?

by thequillguy | Dec 29, 2017 | Cultural Capital and Education, Educational Psychology, For School, Research Methods and Education, Teacher Training | 0 |

After a fairly long time (over ten years) I began my educational MA with Bath University. While I...

Can Young’s concept of powerful knowledge, together with Bernstein’s theory of horizontal and vertical discourse, help to overcome some of the limitations of Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital in explaining the connection between lower socio-economic status and underachievement?

by thequillguy | Dec 29, 2017 | Cultural Capital and Education, For School | 0 |

Can Young’s concept of powerful knowledge, together with Bernstein’s theory of horizontal and...

Teaching well requires more nuance than can commonly be expressed… some thoughts.

by thequillguy | Oct 9, 2017 | Conceptual Teaching, Craft of Teaching, Cultural Capital and Education, For School, For Students, How to Plan and Mark, Practical Teaching | 0 |

David Petty, the name in collating evidenced-based teaching methods and justifications, says that...

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by thequillguy | Aug 31, 2017 | Cultural Capital and Education | 0 |

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Finding new authors

by thequillguy | Nov 13, 2016 | Cultural Capital and Education, How to Teach Literature, Literature, Reading | 0 |

From word of mouth, or through online communities, will find recommendations for books far more...

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