Carol Atherton is a British English teacher who has written "on the teaching of English Literature, curricular reform and the nature of disciplinary knowledge".[1]
Life and work
Atherton is from Merseyside. She graduated with a degree in English from St Edmund Hall, Oxford, gained a PGCE at Manchester Metropolitan University, and a PhD at the University of Nottingham in 2003.[1][2]
Atherton has taught English since 1996 and is currently Head of English at Spalding Grammar School in Lincolnshire.[2][1] She was made a Fellow of the English Association in 2009.[1][2] She has written "on the teaching of English Literature, curricular reform and the nature of disciplinary knowledge".[1]
Personal life
She is an adoptive parent.[1]
Publications
- Defining Literary Criticism: Scholarship, Authority and the Possession of Literary Knowledge, 1880–2002. Macmillan, 2005. ISBN 978-1403946799.[1]
- Teaching English Literature 16–19: an Essential Guide. Routledge, 2013. With Andrew Green and Gary Snapper. ISBN 978-0415528238.[1]
- Reading Lessons: the books we read at school, the conversations they spark and why they matter. Fig Tree, 2024. ISBN 978-0241629482.[3][4][5]
References
External links
- Carol Atherton on X