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Peter Abbs has taught in a number of schools and has been a Teaching Fellow at Hereford College of Education and the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth. He has written a number of stories for adolescents with reading problems and at present works as a free-lance writer. His recent work includes a consideration of the possible role of autobiography in the training of teachers,Autobiography in Education, and a symposium of essays on the present breakdown of culture,The Black Rainbow.
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Abbs, P. Penelope Lively, children's fiction and the failure of adult culture. Child Lit Educ 6, 118–124 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01263342
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