The Only Fresh Air is Outside in the Yard

This film made is about the ways that children can sometimes slide through school without getting a great deal of benefit from being there. It looks particularly at the impact a teacher can have by noticing the thing that makes a child tick and thinking about how that child can be included in the school community.

This is the film version of Martin Illingworth’s entry for a new book called ‘The Working Class’ edited by Ian Gilbert.

Martin Illingworth is a Senior Lecturer in English Education at Sheffield Institute of Education


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2 responses to “The Only Fresh Air is Outside in the Yard”

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    Nick Hodge

    What a moving account of the lived experience of education. I hope this film reaches the wide audience that it deserves. Congratulations Martin and all involved.

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      Anonymous

      Thanks Nick. Me and the younguns had fun making the film

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