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The Mantle of Macbeth
Article first published online: 20 FEB 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2010.01083.x
© 2011 The Author. English in Education © 2011 National Association for the Teaching of English
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English in Education
Special Issue: A Life Made Conscious
Volume 45, Issue 1, pages 72–85, Spring 2011
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How to Cite
Kidd, D. (2011), The Mantle of Macbeth. English in Education, 45: 72–85. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2010.01083.x
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- Issue published online: 20 FEB 2011
- Article first published online: 20 FEB 2011
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Keywords:
- Mantle of the Expert;
- national challenge;
- Shakespeare;
- ethnodrama
Abstract
This article is an account of a ‘Mantle of the Expert’ enquiry in a school in the North of England. Combining GCSE Shakespeare coursework with Speaking and Listening assessments (25% of the total GCSE grade), the English department in the school improved achievement while remaining committed to developing a creative approach to teaching and learning. The article is most concerned, however, with the ‘incidental’ outcomes of the process: the insights offered into the ‘real life’ contexts of the participants, the place of role in research, and the presentation of data in playscript form. It seeks to explore how the researcher can sit within a dramatic process and present its outcomes as authentically as possible, while recognising that narrative accounts, however they are framed, are subjectively presented.