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xi, 185 p.: ill. 25 cm. 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. 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 Sasha Matthewman. Includes bibliographic references and index English 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 428.00712 M42t 978-0-4155-61464 251212 20260803094042.0