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Curriculum and Instruction

Georgia Southern University

2019

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Cultivating A Pedagogy Of Empathy: Teaching Science Fiction In A Changing Biotechnological World, Kathy L. Avery Jan 2019

Cultivating A Pedagogy Of Empathy: Teaching Science Fiction In A Changing Biotechnological World, Kathy L. Avery

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CULTIVATING A PEDAGOGY OF EMPATHY: Teaching Science Fiction in a Changing Biotechnological World

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KATHY L. AVERY

(Under the Direction of John Weaver)

Abstract

I argue that science fiction affords us the ability to think past our anthropocentrism, opening up a space for us to consider our relationship to burgeoning biotechnologies and the other. I provide critical interpretations of science fiction film and literature, which I believe stimulate the power of the narrative imagination to envision the “netherworld experience of the other”. I believe science fiction provides a site of speculation, a means to better understand and consider the role …


William H. Schubert Curriculum Studies Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 2019

William H. Schubert Curriculum Studies Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of papers and files belonging to Dr. William Schubert. Materials span 1975 to 2014 and include papers and articles written or edited by Schubert, correspondence with colleagues and organizations, files pertaining to his advising work, awards won by Schubert, and classroom syllabi throughout the years.

Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog.