Abstract or Description An article exploring some of the lessons I learnt during the lockdown crisis, about staying sane, being mindful and engaging with technology. Reference details: Gilbert, Francis. 2020. Lockdown lessons: Teaching and working during the Covid-19 crisis. Writing in Education, 81, pp. 31-40. ISSN 1361-8539 [Article] TextGilbert, F. (2020) Lockdown lessons_AAM.pdf – Accepted VersionAvailable under […]

To my mind, Creative Writing (CW) currently languishes like a frightened animal in one of the curriculum’s darker alleyways, shivering and rather worried about its prospects. Having been an English teacher for twenty-five years in various comprehensives and now a Lecturer in PGCE English at Goldsmiths, which involves visiting many schools, I have both taught […]