Examining the forces that affect English education in schools, this timely book counters with a strong argument for the importance of continuing to teach literature in middle and secondary classrooms.
Examining the forces that affect English education in schools, this timely book counters with a strong argument for the importance of continuing to teach literature in middle and secondary classrooms.
Janet Alsup is Professor of English Education, Purdue University, USA.
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Contents Foreword Michael Moore Preface 1 Introduction: The Need to Make the Case for Teaching Literature Part I: What Literature Can Do 1. Literature and Identification: How self becomes character 2. Literature and Empathy: How narrative stimulates emotion 3. Literature and Critical Thinking: How fiction makes us think\ 4. Literature and Social Action: Can reading change what we do? Part II: Challenges to Literary Study 5. Literature Curriculum and Standards-based Education 6. Case Study: College Town Middle School, with Taylor Norman and Tiffany Sedberry Part III: Reviving the Secondary School Literary Experience 7. Implications for English Teacher Education 8. Teaching literature for profit or pleasure? 9. Literature and morality Appendix A: Additional sample lessons and activities for teaching literature to encourage identification, empathy, critical thinking and social action Appendix B: Additional, related sample activities About the Contributors Index
Contents Foreword Michael Moore Preface 1 Introduction: The Need to Make the Case for Teaching Literature Part I: What Literature Can Do 1. Literature and Identification: How self becomes character 2. Literature and Empathy: How narrative stimulates emotion 3. Literature and Critical Thinking: How fiction makes us think\ 4. Literature and Social Action: Can reading change what we do? Part II: Challenges to Literary Study 5. Literature Curriculum and Standards-based Education 6. Case Study: College Town Middle School, with Taylor Norman and Tiffany Sedberry Part III: Reviving the Secondary School Literary Experience 7. Implications for English Teacher Education 8. Teaching literature for profit or pleasure? 9. Literature and morality Appendix A: Additional sample lessons and activities for teaching literature to encourage identification, empathy, critical thinking and social action Appendix B: Additional, related sample activities About the Contributors Index
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