Category Archives: Education in Literature Collection
Bears and bees in the library
You may have been intrigued by the seven book covers posted on our Twitter account without any explanation or link. I hope that the #BookCoverChallenge @IOELibrary and elsewhere has reminded you what a beautiful creation of the human spirit a … Continue reading
Adventures of the feathered kind
Two recent additions to the Education in Literature Collection both feature birds – a pair of Tawny Owls and a Magellan penguin! Two Owls at Eton by Jonathan Franklin was originally published in 1960 whilst he was still a pupil … Continue reading
Posted in Education in Literature Collection, Library and Archives, Special Collections
Tagged 1950s, 1970s, Argentina, birds, Boarding Schools, Boys, Elizabet Heygate, Eton College, Headmasters Conference, HMC, Jonathan Franklin, Magellan Penguin, owls, Penguins, Public Schools, Robert Birley, School and College Histories Collection, St Georges College Buenos Aires, Swanbourne Village School, Tawny Owl, Tim Card, Tom Michell, United Kingdom, Village Schools
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How learning languages makes you smart, successful – and a better citizen
Speaking foreign languages has obvious practical and intellectual advantages, and most of you will have noticed press reports that it is also beneficial for your brain, possibly even staving off dementia. The effects on your cognitive ability and memory are easy to … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum Resources, Education in Literature Collection, International education, Main Education Collection
Tagged Europe, European Union, foreign language learning, foreign language materials, language policy, linguistics, multiculturalism, multilingualism, sociolinguistics
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Music education in feature films
Music’s place on the school curriculum can be uncertain. However it is a subject which can inspire strong passions in teachers and pupils. This is portrayed in several DVDs in the Education in Literature Collection. Music of the Heart (1999) … Continue reading
Posted in Education in Literature Collection, Library, Library and Archives
Tagged Blue and Gold Marching Machine, Britten, choirs, choral music, David Bowie, Drama teachers, drumming, DVDs, education, England, feature films, France, French, Handel, Harlem, jazz, music, music teachers, New York High School for the Performing Arts, North Carolina A & T State University, Opus 118, orchestral music, pupils, Roberta Guaspari, Rock music, schools, Tallis, teenage musical, teenagers, The Tempest, trumpet, USA, violin, Wes Craven
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Fictional favourite
I studied History at school until A’ Level and am still interested in the way in which is taught. Upon recently rereading one of my favourite books in the Education in Literature Collection, To serve them all my days by … Continue reading
Posted in Education in Literature Collection, Library, Library and Archives, Special Collections
Tagged 1914-1918, authors, BBC TV, Boarding Schools, collections, Devon, dramatists, England, history, hsistory teachers, male teachers, novelists, novels, private schools, R. F. Delderfield, schools in TV series, shell-shock, social history, teaching, Television, West Buckland School, West Country, World War
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Don’t judge a collection by its title
You could potentially be missing out on a great read or an entertaining DVD if you find the name ‘Education in Literature Collection’ off putting. The criteria for inclusion in the Collection is ‘novels, poetry, plays and DVDs about the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, Alan Bennett, America, biographies, Boarding Schools, Britain, crime, DVDs, fiction, girls, Grammar Schools, India, John Carey, laughter, LGBT, novels, Oxford University, plays, poetry, Science Fiction, South Africa, special collections, Yemen
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Convent days
Frost in May by Antonia White (1899-1980) was first published in 1933.It was republished in 1978 by Virago Press as the first of its Modern Classics. We meet the narrator and heroine Nanda (Fernanda) Grey when she is enrolled, aged … Continue reading
May Madness
Amongst the May additions to the Education in Literature Collection are several classic novels, interesting biographies and even a novel that can be described as a blend of satire and horror. The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) by Alain-Fournier … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, biography, Catholic, convent school, Darjeeling, female academics, feminist, Galway, Great Depression, happy ending, horror, husband, intrigue, Italy, learning, memoir, mystery, novel, Oxford University, relationship, satire, Scotland, sisters, Tipperary, twin, University College Reading
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Films for Francophiles
The Education in Literature Collection contains a number of films in French with English subtitles. Older favourites by classic directors are represented by Pocket Money (L’argent de poche) directed by Francois Truffaut and Au revoir les enfants directed by Louis … Continue reading
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