Bøker av Mick Gowar

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)

Through a focus on history, language, and the child-as-writer, this book grapples with changing approaches to creativity in the classroom. Gowar places the teaching of creative writing in schools within the context of the history of ideas, tracing the idea that pupils should be engaged creatively when learning to write, from the teaching of classical rhetoric in Tudor grammar schools, through the philosophies of Comenius and Pestalozzi, to the ‘progressive’ educational theories of Montessori and Dewey. The book focuses on the development of creative writing as a　significant element in literary and literacy teaching in schools during the second half of the twentieth century, concentrating on four distinct approaches to the　theory and practice of creative writing teaching by examining Ted Hughes’s Poetry In The Making; Kenneth Koch’s Wishes, Lies and Dreams; Sandy Brownjohn’s Does it Have to Rhyme? and Michael Rosen’s Did I Hear You Write? It visits the neglect of creativity in the present regimes of performance targets, league tables, training and testing, and poses a series of questions that need to be addressed if creativity and enjoyment in writing and reading is not to be banished entirely from European, North American, and Antipodean classrooms. Also visiting the implications of new media on creative production and new modes of writing, this timely book considers both the ways in which institutions construct and constrain childhood creativity, and how children respond and fashion their own sense of creativity.

Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger explore strong defences from both the past and present, from water and high walls, to modern security cameras and alarms. This book is part of Project X Origins, a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school.

Explore how masks are used for entertainment in Masks in Film and Theatre. This book is part of Project X Origins, a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school.

Jump aboard and explore the history of this famous pirate ship in Blackbeard's Ship. This book is part of Project X Origins, a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school.

Beowulf, Grendel and the Dragon tells the story of the heroic warrior Beowulf as he battles a hate-filled demon, then its vengeful mother and a furious fire-breathing dragon. TreeTops Myths and Legends are a fascinating selection of the best traditional stories.

Cool Buildings explores the most incredible buildings around the world, with Max and Tiger commenting on the facts we are learning. This book is part of Project X Origins, a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school.

Non-fiction book Animal Magic explores which animals like to hide and where we can find them. Ant tries to find them with you too. This book is part of Project X Origins, a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school.

A Matter of Life and Death investigates famous explorers and sailors who became stranded or lost and had to fight for their survival in extreme conditions. This book is part of Project X Origins, a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school.

In 1850 in Scotland, a great storm washed away tonnes of soil to reveal the remains of a village that existed 4,000 years before. Discover what was found at the lost village of Skara Brae and what life was like in the New Stone Age.

Louise is not happy about giving up her Saturday to help out at her little brother's Birthday party - a trip to Laser Adventure. But Laser Adventure turns out to be anything but dull, for Louise discovers that someone is playing the game with a gun that isn't firing harmless laser beams.