Jon Davison has been Professor of Teacher Education in four UK universities, including the Institute of Education, University of London, where he was also Dean.Caroline Daly is Reader in Education at University College London Institute of Education, UK, and Associate Professor at the University of South Wales.

• List of illustrationsNotes on contributorsAcknowledgementsForewordRichard AndrewsPrefaceGabrielle Cliff-HodgesIntroductionJon Davison and Caroline Davy1. Literacy and Social ClassJon Davison2. English and DifferenceJohn Yandell3. Unable to Go it Alone: re-stating the case for a strengthened English/Media relationshipAndrew Burn and Steve Connolly4. Reading and Writing Media Texts: critical digital literacy in the makingJohn Potter 5. Literacy and Mental WellbeingAnne Teravainen-Goff and Christina Clark 6. Creativity in English Learning and Teaching Sue Dymoke7. Reading for Pleasure: challenges and opportunitiesTeresa Cremin8. Wheeling out the Big Guns: the literary canon in the English classroomJane Coles9. Living Language, Live Debates: grammar and standard EnglishDebra Myhill10. Embedding a Dialogic Pedagogy in the Teaching of EnglishFrank Hardman11. Teacher Research in English Classrooms: questions that are worth asking?Caroline Daly and Lisa TaylorBibliographyIndex

"It brings critical light to bear on the current state of play in the subject...The challenge for the next phase of English as a national and international subject is to continue to argue for its place, not only in the curriculum but in its relevance to everyday life, sensibility and culture. This book does so, with commitment, clarity and power." –Richard Andrews, Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh and Visiting Professor in English Education, University of East Anglia