James Nimmo Britton | |
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| Born | 18 May 1908 Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 28 February 1994 (aged 85) London, England |
| Other names | Jimmy |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Title | Professor |
| Board member of | Bullock Committee |
| Spouse | Muriel Robertson |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | University College London (BA, MA) |
| Influences | George Kelly, Lev Vygotsky |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English, Pedagogy |
| Institutions | London University: - Institute of Education and Goldsmiths |
| Main interests | Poetry, Literature |
| Notable works | Language and Learning (1970) |
| Notable ideas | Theory of Language and Learning, Cognitive Writing Theory |
James Nimmo Britton (18 May 1908 – 28 February 1994) was a British educator at the UCL Institute of Education whose theory of language and learning helped guide research in school writing, while shaping the progressive teaching of language, writing, and literature in both England and the United States after the Dartmouth Conference (1966) of Anglo-American English educators.[1]
- ^ Obituaries of James Britton include: Tony Burgess. 'A classroom revolutionary' (The Guardian, 3 March 1994); Myra Barrs, 'Professor James Britton' (Gazette Independent, 10 March 1994); Nancy Martin 'An intellectual adventurer' (Times Educational Supplement, 11 March 1994); Gordon M. Pradl 'In Memory of Jimmy Britton', (English Education, May 1994).