John Yandell

John Yandell taught in inner London secondary schools for twenty years before moving to the Institute of Education, University of London, where he now leads the Secondary English and English with Drama PGCE course and the MA in English Education.

He is the editor of the journal, Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, and the author of The Social Construction of Meaning: reading literature in urban English classrooms (Routledge, 2013). Other recent publications include Critical Practice in Teacher Education: a study of professional learning, which he co-edited with Ruth Heilbronn. He edited Socialist Teacher for twelve years and contributes regularly to Education for Liberation.