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“Poetry? Of course we do it. It's in the National Curriculum.” Primary children's perceptions of poetry
Author(s) -
Kelly Alison
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1741-4369
pISSN - 1741-4350
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9345.2005.00410.x
Subject(s) - poetry , active listening , curriculum , national curriculum , perception , literacy , pedagogy , psychology , mathematics education , australian curriculum , primary education , sociology , literature , art , communication , publishing , neuroscience , project commissioning
What can listening to children's ideas about poetry teach us? This article considers ways in which exploring primary‐aged students' perceptions of poetry can inform teachers' work with children. Using strategies from earlier studies in secondary schools, a small‐scale project with Year 6 students revealed their complex and sometimes contradictory ideas. These ideas reflect some of the current debates around the nature of poetry and ways of teaching it. The children's ideas are analysed with critical attention paid to the impact of the view of literacy in England's National Literacy Strategy on the teaching and learning of poetry.