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Teach an entire book? Now that's a novel experience

After reports that literature is being squeezed out of English lessons, Adi Bloom explores whether pupils should still study the canon. In a new research document, Professor Andrew Goodwyn (Education) argues that grandiose claims about the benefits of teaching the classic works in schools, have little place among the test-driven realities of the 21st-century curriculum. After reports that literature is being squeezed out of English lessons, Adi Bloom explores whether pupils should still study the canon. In a new research document, Professor Andrew Goodwyn (Education) argues that grandiose claims about the benefits of teaching the classic works in schools, have little place among the test-driven realities of the 21st-century curriculum.