Latin and Greek in English Primary Schools – seedlings of a classical education
This article describes some of the main features of classical languages and history learning at the primary school level in England at the current time. It briefly examines the context and education policy background and government and teachers' beliefs in the value and status of classical subj...
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| description | This article describes some of the main features of classical languages and history learning at the primary school level in England at the current time. It briefly examines the context and education policy background and government and teachers' beliefs in the value and status of classical subjects, especially the Latin language as an aid to learning other languages and as a support for developing and improving students' English literacy. There is some overlap with the literature review co-authored by Holmes-Henderson and Kelly for the British government (Holmes-Henderson and Kelly, 2022) and a recent piece by myself about provision of teaching and resources in the Bulletin of the Council of University Classics Departments (Hunt, 2022a). I hope to develop further some of these ideas and draw out some discussions about resources, pedagogy and learning aims for possible future directions of classical languages learning at the primary level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74c5a25888e0445092926ceaa000c9c02024-04-10T05:23:39ZengCambridge University PressThe Journal of Classics Teaching2058-63102024-05-0125606410.1017/S2058631023000673Latin and Greek in English Primary Schools – seedlings of a classical educationSteven Hunt0University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKThis article describes some of the main features of classical languages and history learning at the primary school level in England at the current time. It briefly examines the context and education policy background and government and teachers' beliefs in the value and status of classical subjects, especially the Latin language as an aid to learning other languages and as a support for developing and improving students' English literacy. There is some overlap with the literature review co-authored by Holmes-Henderson and Kelly for the British government (Holmes-Henderson and Kelly, 2022) and a recent piece by myself about provision of teaching and resources in the Bulletin of the Council of University Classics Departments (Hunt, 2022a). I hope to develop further some of these ideas and draw out some discussions about resources, pedagogy and learning aims for possible future directions of classical languages learning at the primary level.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2058631023000673/type/journal_articlePrimary SchoolsLatinancient Greeklanguages learningClassicsKey Stage 2 |
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| title | Latin and Greek in English Primary Schools – seedlings of a classical education |
| title_full | Latin and Greek in English Primary Schools – seedlings of a classical education |
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| title_short | Latin and Greek in English Primary Schools – seedlings of a classical education |
| title_sort | latin and greek in english primary schools seedlings of a classical education |
| topic | Primary Schools Latin ancient Greek languages learning Classics Key Stage 2 |
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