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He played key roles in all the intersecting progressive movements in the profession during that period. These movements aimed to make the curriculum more relevant to children's lives; to help children to become makers and shapers of language, and therefore makers and shapers of their future lives; to introduce children to literature which most teachers in previous generations had thought beyond their powers of comprehension. Terry led the movement to change examinations in English, so that a wider range of texts was studied, so that children produced writing far more diverse in scope than previously, and so that spoken as well as written language was assessed. Terry's intent was always to raise standards of achievement, to marry old concerns about correctness in writing and the study of a conventional canon of great literature with a new excitement about the making of meaning in language and about diversifying learners' encounters with it. Terry's achievements in English teaching were the outcomes of a vision of education as a provider of opportunities, of instruments of power, to learners on whom in the past the education system had largely turned its back. So he took particular pleasure in seeing working-class children, and children from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, gaining opportunities, getting their hands on the instruments of power, as a result of their engagement with the kind of curriculum, teaching methods and assessment system which he did so much to promote. Since Terry died of cancer in May 2002, his partner, Gabriel Genest, his friends, colleagues and family have been discussing how to create a memorial to his life which would best reflect Terry's enthusiasms and beliefs, and of which he would have approved. When a close friend and colleague of Terry's, Ros Moger, died in 1999, Terry was a member of a group which set up The Ros Moger Scholarship, which supports post-graduate students in southern Africa. This scholarship fund has supported eight students so far, in two groups, pursuing studies in language in education and gender in education. Thanks to the generosity of contributors, the fund contains more than £30,000, and is in a position to continue to make grants for many years to come. The fund is administered by the Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa, and benefits from the Trust's charitable status. We are setting up a new fund, to be called The Terry Furlong Scholarship. It will also be administered by the Canon Collins Trust, and will therefore also have charitable status. Because Terry and Ros were such good friends, and shared such common ideals, The Terry Furlong Scholarship will be a kind of sibling to The Ros Moger Scholarship, but will be a separate, independent fund, to which people can contribute as a specific memorial to Terry's life. The Terry Furlong Scholarship will support post-graduate study or research by students from southern Africa, in southern Africa, in the areas of language, literature, drama and media study in education. The aim is to raise funds on the same scale as those raised for The Ros Moger Scholarship, which experience tells us will be enough to support four or five full-time students a year. We shall select these students from a short list provided by the Canon Collins Trust from the hundreds of grant applications the Trust considers every year. We invite all those whose lives were enriched by their contact with Terry, and all those who share the beliefs he held, to contribute to the fund. Payment can be made by cheque, made out to CCETSA/The Terry Furlong Scholarship, or by standing order, or both. Donations of all sizes are welcome. Most welcome of all are an initial contribution, to help establish the fund quickly, and a regular monthly, quarterly or annual payment thereafter. It is very important that cheques are accompanied by a filled-in Gift Aid Declaration (the first part of the form below), and that standing order contributions are made by filling in both parts of the form. Cheques and forms should then be sent to CCETSA, 22 The Ivories, 6 Northampton Street, London N1 2HY. This, as the form explains, will enable the value of contributions to be increased by 27% under the Gift Aid Scheme. We will put our plans into action as soon as we accumulate a sum of money which will generate a return adequate to fulfil them. We will of course acknowledge all contributions, and provide contributors with information about how their gift is being used. Thank you very much for your generosity. Anne Barnes September 2002 *********************************************************************************************************************** Canon Collins
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