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Ellie Chambers - Teaching and Learning English Literature - 9780761941729 - V9780761941729
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Teaching and Learning English Literature

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Description for Teaching and Learning English Literature Paperback. The book is for beginning and experienced teachers of literature in higher education. The authors present a comprehensive overview of teaching English Literature, from setting teaching goals and syllabus planning through to a range of student assessment strategies and methods of course or teacher evaluation and improvement Series: Teaching & Learning the Humanities in HE Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DS; JNM; JNU. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
′It is scarcely possible to imagine a truly educated person who cannot read well. Yet it is not clear how or even if courses in literature actually work. How can teachers of English help students in their developmental journey toward becoming skillful readers and educated persons? This is the complex question that Chambers and Gregory address in Teaching and Learning English Literature.

The authors consider practical matters such as course design and student assessment but do not shirk larger historical and theoretical issues. In a lucid and non-polemical fashion - and occasionally with welcome humor - Chambers and ... Read more

′The transatlantic cooperation of Ellie Chambers and Marshall Gregory has produced an outstanding book that ought to be on the shelves of anyone involved in the teaching of English Literature, as well as anyone engaged in the scholarship of teaching and learning in general or in any discipline. As they say, "the teaching of English Literature plays a central role in human beings′ search for meaning" although others in other disciplines may make this claim for theirs too. If so, they will still learn a great deal from this book; anyone looking for no more than a means of satisfying the demands of governments that look for simplistic quality measures and economic relevance, let them look elsewhere. This is a book for now and for all times′ - Professor Lewis Elton, Visiting Professor, University of Manchester, Honorary Professor, University College London

This is the third in the series Teaching and Learning the Humanities in Higher Education. The book is for beginning and experienced teachers of literature in higher education. The authors present a comprehensive overview of teaching English literature, from setting teaching goals and syllabus-planning through to a range of student assessment strategies and methods of course or teacher evaluation and improvement. Particular attention is paid to different teaching methods, from the traditional classroom to newer collaborative work, distance education and uses of electronic technologies. All this is set in the context of present-day circumstances and agendas to help academics and those in training become more informed and better teachers of their subject.

The book includes:

- how literature as a discipline is currently understood and constituted

- what it means to study and learn the subject

- what ′good teaching′ is, with fewer resources for teaching, larger student numbers, an emphasis on ′user-pay′ principles and vocationalism.

This is an essential text for teachers of English Literature in universities and colleges worldwide.

The Teaching & Learning in the Humanities series, edited by Ellie Chambers and Jan Parker, is for beginning and experienced lecturers. It deals with all aspects of teaching individual arts and humanities subjects in higher education. Experienced teachers offer authoritative suggestions on how to become critically reflective about discipline-specific practices.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Teaching & Learning the Humanities in HE Series
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9780761941729
SKU
V9780761941729
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′It is scarcely possible to imagine a truly educated person who cannot read well. Yet it is not clear how or even if courses in literature actually work. How can teachers of English help students in their developmental journey toward becoming skillful readers and educated persons? This is the complex question that Chambers and Gregory address in ... Read more

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