Changes to the English Literature GCSE: a sociocultural perspective
FORUM - ISSN 0963-8253
Volume 56 Number 3 (2014)
Changes to the English Literature GCSE: a sociocultural perspective
ADAM MORBY pages 499-512
DOI: 10.15730/forum.2014.56.3.499
Abstract
Various sociological frameworks strongly suggest that recent changes to the English literature GCSE syllabus content will have a detrimental effect on those individuals who come from an environment with few sources of educationally exchangeable literary and linguistic cultural capital. In an attempt to provide a more sociological position from which to understand the situation, this article attempts to correlate a number of these frameworks, concluding that although more research would be necessary to reach a definitive conclusion, it is difficult to see how the recent GCSE changes will help (relatively speaking) those from an environment lacking in such capitals. It also suggests that perhaps a more vigorous system of policy surveillance is necessary if any future changes are to be properly and effectively addressed by the stakeholders in question.
To cite this article
ADAM MORBY (2014) Changes to the English Literature GCSE: a sociocultural perspective, FORUM, 56(3), 499-512. https://doi.org/10.15730/forum.2014.56.3.499