A comprehensive overview of the teaching of classics. The Teaching of Classics outlines how teaching of the subject has developed and arrived at its present situation and suggests strategies for the future. It addresses the teaching of the subject at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. The authors also communicate the sense of innovatory excitement that surrounds current initiative, celebrate the successes in the two major growth areas - primary and adult education - and confront the dangers that face the subject with clear-eyed realism.

 

There are 206 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Cambridge University Press .

James Morwood is Head of Classics at Harrow School, editor of the acclaimed Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary and co-author of the successful Oxford Latin Course.

This book has the following chapters: Notes on contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Part I: The historical context and classics in the curriculum; Part II: From primary to higher education; Part III: Classics outside the curriculum; Epilogue; Some useful addresses.