OTHER WRITING AND TALKS ON EDUCATION

Chapters in Books

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‘Advanced Level English’ in Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School (Routledge) 4th Edition 2014 

5th Edition 2019

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‘The Changing Picture of School English’ in English: Shared Futures Ed. Bob Eaglestone & Gail Marshall (Boydell and Brewer) 2018

 

English 21 Blue Skies Thinking May 2005

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Articles

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'‘Real English’ versus ‘Exam English' – the case for an authentic experience of the subject' Use of English 69.3 Autumn 2018

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What do we mean by cultural capital?

Impact – Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching September 2019

https://impact.chartered.college/article/what-do-we-mean-by-cultural-capital/

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'Creativity, coursework and poetry at A Level'   NATE Journal  2008

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‘Rethinking KS3 English: A Novel Approach’ 

Teaching English Spring 2020 NATE

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'Opening the Poetry Door - Letting in the Hordes'

Magma 85 Magazine Spring 2023

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Article in Speaking Volumes

published by the Oracy Education Commission September 2024

https://oracyeducationcommission.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Speaking-Volumes-OEC-v6b.pdf

 

Blogs 

Oracy: Four Interconnected Aspects

Guest blog for Oracy Cambridge website Sept 4th 2024

https://oracycambridge.org/oracy-four-interconnected-aspects/

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Lectures and Interviews

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The Harold Rosen Lecture 2019 NATE 

https://www.nate.org.uk/the-harold-rosen-lecture-2019-barbara-bleiman/

 

Salonista Interview with Rachel Roberts at English Shared Futures Online Conference June 28th 2020

https://www.englishsharedfutures.uk/home/esf-online/interview-with-barbara-bleiman/

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Classroom Resources and Study Guides

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Assignments 16-19 (Longman) 

Tales for The Telling (Ed.) (Longman)

Heat and Dust (Ed.) (Longman)

5 Modern Poets (Ed.) (Longman)

Activities for A Level English (Longman)

The Poetry Pack (EMC)

Klondike Kate and Other Non-fiction Texts (co-author) EMC

Language Works (co-author) EMC

Three Modern Novels: Beloved, Reef and Reading in the Dark (co-author) EMC

Text, Reader, Critic (co-author) EMC

Studying Narrative (co-author) EMC

Studying Blake (co-author) EMC

Sight Unseen: Poetry (co-author) EMC

Studying The Handmaid’s Tale EMC

and more.

 

Other Publications

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HE English Subject Centre Report on A Level (with Lucy Webster)   2009

 

Positions, awards and qualifications

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MA, Creative Writing Birkbeck, University of London

NATE Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Teaching of English 2019

Fellow of The English Association

Member of Advisory Board for School of Humanities at RHUL March 2020