Matthewman, Sasha

Teaching secondary English as if the planet matters / Sasha Matthewman. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011. - xi, 185 p.: ill. 25 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index

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.


English

978-0-4155-61464


English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
Literature--Theory, etc.
English literature--Study and teaching
Second language acquisition--Research--Methodology
English language
English literature
Health
Language and languages

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