TY - BOOK AU - Matthewman, Sasha TI - Teaching secondary English as if the planet matters SN - 978-0-4155-61464 AV - 428.00712 M42t PY - 2011/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York PB - Routledge KW - English language KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Literature KW - Theory, etc KW - English literature KW - Second language acquisition KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Health KW - Language and languages N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -