Edward Collyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6507936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward Collyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Collyer |
| SIGNATURE | COLLYER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bishop Grosseteste University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4188-6122 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Murder of the Real English Teacher
With the increasing prominence and proliferation of social media influencers promoting ‘exam hacks’, ‘things your English teacher won’t tell you’ and even paid for predicted English exam papers, this article highlights the implications for English education and the professional teaching community. By applying a Baudrillardian framework, the essay explores the ‘murder of reality’ within the English classroom, arguing that digital simulacra, create…
Responding to pupil led tangential thinking
This paper considers alternative ways of teaching Romantic poetry to post-sixteen English Literature pupils in England. It explores how practitioners can value tangents developed by pupils’ independent thinking when pupils are given the freedom to develop their own ideas. It reflects on a lesson planned to respond to a tangent developed by the class in a previous session; that William Blake’s “The Tyger”, to a contemporary reader, explores the 21…
“I don’t mind a bit of poetry”
This paper reflects on the teaching of the unseen poetry element of the English Literature GCSE in 2022. It explores the author’s reflections on the successes and limitations of using a less structured approach with a single Year 11 class, concluding that the pedagogies outlined were more successful than previous iterations in terms of pupil engagement and preparation for high-stakes assessment. However, the approach could have been improved with…
“Howling at the scrabble-board”
There has, to date, been little discussion of how autism may affect the experience of the reading of fiction for pupils in the classroom, other than through a deficit model. One of the researchers in this study (“Celia”) is training to be a secondary school English teacher and identifies as autistic. Her experience provides an enriched understanding of the subject and enables the study to be undertaken in line with best practice for autism resear…
‘ You Can Change the Seats Around, but I Still Won’t Give a Shit’
Independent work and silent classrooms appear to be part of a wider discourse adopted by some schools across England and promoted as good practice by England’s Education Secretary. This paper explores the effect of grouped and individual seating on the engagement of four boys in small group sessions teaching the English Language GCSE. Observations show how behaviour was detrimental when pupils were sat independently and in rows but improved when …
I've got something to tell you. I'm dyslexic”
“Howling at the scrabble-board”
There has, to date, been little discussion of how autism may affect the experience of the reading of fiction for pupils in the classroom, other than through a deficit model. One of the researchers in this study (“Celia”) is training to be a secondary school English teacher and identifies as autistic. Her experience provides an enriched understanding of the subject and enables the study to be undertaken in line with best practice for autism resear…
‘ You Can Change the Seats Around, but I Still Won’t Give a Shit’
Independent work and silent classrooms appear to be part of a wider discourse adopted by some schools across England and promoted as good practice by England’s Education Secretary. This paper explores the effect of grouped and individual seating on the engagement of four boys in small group sessions teaching the English Language GCSE. Observations show how behaviour was detrimental when pupils were sat independently and in rows but improved when …
I've got something to tell you. I'm dyslexic”
Responding to pupil led tangential thinking
This paper considers alternative ways of teaching Romantic poetry to post-sixteen English Literature pupils in England. It explores how practitioners can value tangents developed by pupils’ independent thinking when pupils are given the freedom to develop their own ideas. It reflects on a lesson planned to respond to a tangent developed by the class in a previous session; that William Blake’s “The Tyger”, to a contemporary reader, explores the 21…
“I don’t mind a bit of poetry”
This paper reflects on the teaching of the unseen poetry element of the English Literature GCSE in 2022. It explores the author’s reflections on the successes and limitations of using a less structured approach with a single Year 11 class, concluding that the pedagogies outlined were more successful than previous iterations in terms of pupil engagement and preparation for high-stakes assessment. However, the approach could have been improved with…
The Murder of the Real English Teacher
With the increasing prominence and proliferation of social media influencers promoting ‘exam hacks’, ‘things your English teacher won’t tell you’ and even paid for predicted English exam papers, this article highlights the implications for English education and the professional teaching community. By applying a Baudrillardian framework, the essay explores the ‘murder of reality’ within the English classroom, arguing that digital simulacra, create…
Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Teaching method (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works)