Teaching Secondary English as If the Planet Matters

This book is about teaching English with a commitment to environmental values drawing on ecocritical perspectives and examples of classroom practice. .

Zusatztext 'This is an important book for all concerned with the teaching and learning of English, exploring new and hugely significant areas in a scholarly, thought-provoking and eminently practical way.' - David Stevens, University of Durham Informationen zum Autor Sasha Matthewman is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol where she leads the PGCE English course. Klappentext Provides practical advice on how English teachers can develop approaches to curriculum and learning which help students understand the nature of the contemporary world. This book looks at how English can be taught with a commitment to education for sustainable development drawing on ecocritical theory and classroom practice. Zusammenfassung This book is about teaching English with a commitment to environmental values drawing on ecocritical perspectives and examples of classroom practice. . Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Elements of the crisis Chapter 2. Ecocriticism: The literary critical response Chapter 3. The English curriculum and environmental thinking Chapter 4. Ecocritical poetry: A fresh approach to teaching nature poetry Chapter 5. Animals in the classroom: the potential of anthropomorphism Chapter 6. Writing the story of consumption and waste Chapter 7. Understanding environmental debate and discourses Chapter 8. Reading the City Chapter 9. Future visions: merging fact and fiction Chapter 10. Place-based writing: Venturing outside Chapter 11. New subject territory and 'New' Media

Autorentext

Sasha Matthewman is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol where she leads the PGCE English course.

Klappentext

Provides practical advice on how English teachers can develop approaches to curriculum and learning which help students understand the nature of the contemporary world. This book looks at how English can be taught with a commitment to education for sustainable development drawing on ecocritical theory and classroom practice.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Elements of the crisis Chapter 2. Ecocriticism: The literary critical response Chapter 3. The English curriculum and environmental thinking Chapter 4. Ecocritical poetry: A fresh approach to teaching nature poetry Chapter 5. Animals in the classroom: the potential of anthropomorphism Chapter 6. Writing the story of consumption and waste Chapter 7. Understanding environmental debate and discourses Chapter 8. Reading the City Chapter 9. Future visions: merging fact and fiction Chapter 10. Place-based writing: Venturing outside Chapter 11. New subject territory and 'New' Media