'Grandma's Hands': Valuing Students' Identities and Motivated Signs.
This essay explores a student teacher's experience teaching an identity-themed poetry unit to a Year 9 class at an all-boys comprehensive school through the lens of one student's writing. Investigating an intimate poem, produced at the end of a difficult lesson, reveals the importance of allowing st...
| Publicado en: | Changing English: Studies in Culture & Education Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 406 - 413 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2024
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