Teaching secondary English as if the planet matters / Sasha Matthewman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.Description: xi, 185 p.: ill; 25 cmContent type:
  • Text
Media type:
  • Unmediated
Carrier type:
  • Volume
ISBN:
  • 978-0-4155-61464
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 428.00712 M42t
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographic references and index

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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

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.

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