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The Difficulties Of Teaching Non-Western Literature In The United States, Ian Barnard
The Difficulties Of Teaching Non-Western Literature In The United States, Ian Barnard
English Faculty Articles and Research
"My goal in this article is to build on Priya Kandaswamy’s discussion of students’ response to difference in Radical Teacher #80 by unfolding the pitfalls of teaching and responding to “non-Western” literature in the United States as embodied in my own experience teaching non-Western literature to a group of racially and ethnically diverse, mainly working-class students at a large urban comprehensive public university."
Making Waves With Critical Literacy, Carolyn Fortuna
Making Waves With Critical Literacy, Carolyn Fortuna
Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview
A qualitative study undertaken in 2007 that explores the application of critical literacy pedagogy within English language arts classes of an upper middle class public high school. Results demonstrate that when students recontextualize their own modalities, literacies, and cultures as part of their learning experience, they begin to understand the concept of social justice for all.
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Editor's Message.
Jaepl, Vol. 16, Winter 2010-2011, Joonna Smitherman Trapp (Editor), Brad Peters (Editor)
Jaepl, Vol. 16, Winter 2010-2011, Joonna Smitherman Trapp (Editor), Brad Peters (Editor)
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Essays
Louann Reid - Imagination and Representation in Graphic Narratives
Deborah F. Carrington & Chapman Hood Frazier - Transforming Tests: Finding the Poem Within
Sara K. Schneider - Teaching to Students’ Kinesthetic Intelligence: The Teacher as Surrogate, Guru, Foreshadower, Choreographer, or Expeditionist
Andrea Greenbaum - Nurturing Difference: The Autistic Student in Professional Writing Programs
Ruth Henderson - The Forgiveness Classroom: Bringing Together Students from Both Sides of the Wall
Julie Kearney - Writing as an Altered State of Consciousness: Process, Pedagogy, and Spirituality
Anthony T. Atkins - It’s Complicated: Using Facebook to Create Emotional Connections in Student-Professor Relationships
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Imagination And Representation In Graphic Novels, Louann Reid
Imagination And Representation In Graphic Novels, Louann Reid
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Graphic narratives are garnering both scholarly and pedagogical attention. These visual texts move readers imaginatively into what Maxine Greene calls “illusioned worlds,” and simultaneously make them conscious of the constructed nature of those worlds through the visual and verbal conventions of comics.
Nurturing Difference: The Autistic Student In Professional Writing Programs, Andrea Greenbaum
Nurturing Difference: The Autistic Student In Professional Writing Programs, Andrea Greenbaum
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can assist autistic students by providing them with writing opportunities through the classroom, internships, and university publications. Aiding their personal and professional development also serves the university and the community-at-large.
The Forgiveness Classroom: Bringing Together Students From Both Sides Of The Walls Through Deep Listening, Ruth Henderson
The Forgiveness Classroom: Bringing Together Students From Both Sides Of The Walls Through Deep Listening, Ruth Henderson
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This essay describes a forgiveness course taught in prisons and on college campuses. The course served as a bridge for Endicott College students and inmates from the Maine Correctional Center at Windham, highlighting how deep listening may reduce violence and promote understanding.
Weaving A Song Of Self, Joanne Katzmarek
Weaving A Song Of Self, Joanne Katzmarek
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Exploring the effectiveness of narrative as a mode for relationship building as well as a means to sustain and deliver content knowledge, this article explores the instructional settings of an undergraduate English class and an online environment for a teacher preparation course.
Book Reviews, Judy Halden-Sullivan, Ken Delucca, Brad Lucas, Timothy Shea, William Archibald
Book Reviews, Judy Halden-Sullivan, Ken Delucca, Brad Lucas, Timothy Shea, William Archibald
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Book Reviews
Judy Halden-Sullivan - Practices in Mindfulness
Ken DeLucca - Schoeberlein, Deborah and Suki Sheth. Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness: A Guide for Anyone Who Teaches Anything. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2009.
Brad Lucas - MacDonald, Elizabeth, and Dennis Shirley. The Mindful Teacher. New York: Teachers College Press, 2009.
Timothy Shea - VanDeWeghe, Richard. Engaged Learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2009.
William Archibald - Cummings, Robert E. Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt UP, 2009
Connecting, Helen Walker, Grace Feuerverger, Gesa E. Kirsch, Betsy Newmeyer, Anita Voelker, Allison Brimmer, Debbie Axelrod, Margo Wilson, Catherine M. Nelson, Liang Zhao
Connecting, Helen Walker, Grace Feuerverger, Gesa E. Kirsch, Betsy Newmeyer, Anita Voelker, Allison Brimmer, Debbie Axelrod, Margo Wilson, Catherine M. Nelson, Liang Zhao
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Connecting
Helen Walker - Growing Up
Grace Feuerverger - Mandy
Gesa E. Kirsch - A Teaching Success or Failure?
Betsy Newmeyer - My RIF’d Life
Anita Voelker - Will’s Story
Allison Brimmer - Elitist White Lady Who Tries Too Hard
Debbie Axelrod - Dear Professor
Walker Margo Wilson - Burnishing the Bruises
Catherine M. Nelson - Jimmy
Liang Zhao - Lead by Example
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Transforming Text: Finding The Poem Within, Deborah F. Carrington, Chapman Hood Frazier
Transforming Text: Finding The Poem Within, Deborah F. Carrington, Chapman Hood Frazier
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This essay illustrates creative ways for students to re-envision a page of text in order to discover multiple meanings through the integration of visual art and poetry.
Taking The Great Leap Of Being: Finding Happiness And Hope In A Life Of Thought, Bruce Novak
Taking The Great Leap Of Being: Finding Happiness And Hope In A Life Of Thought, Bruce Novak
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Wise Teaching To Students’ Kinesthetic Intelligence: The Teacher As Surrogate, Guru, Foreshadower, Choreographer, Or Expeditionist, Sara K. Schneider
Wise Teaching To Students’ Kinesthetic Intelligence: The Teacher As Surrogate, Guru, Foreshadower, Choreographer, Or Expeditionist, Sara K. Schneider
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Based on the degree of the teacher’s perceived skill, engagement, and role play with her students, this model posits six distinct styles of teaching to students’ kinesthetic intelligence and differentiates their effects on learning.
Writing As An Altered State Of Consciousness: Process, Pedagogy, And Spirituality, Julie Kearney
Writing As An Altered State Of Consciousness: Process, Pedagogy, And Spirituality, Julie Kearney
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Defining writing as an altered state of consciousness (ASC), this essay examines parallels between expressivist writing pedagogy and theories of psychologists Csikszentmihalyi and Tart. It further describes the benefits for writers who achieve ASC in terms of their learning potential and creative power.
It’S Complicated: Using Facebook To Create Emotional Connections In Student-Professor Relationships, Anthony Atkins
It’S Complicated: Using Facebook To Create Emotional Connections In Student-Professor Relationships, Anthony Atkins
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How can we use Facebook and other technologies to create emotional and professional connections with students?
Modernist Pedagogy At The End Of The Lecture: It And The Poetics Classroom, Alan Filreis
Modernist Pedagogy At The End Of The Lecture: It And The Poetics Classroom, Alan Filreis
Alan Filreis
Describes a modernist pedagogy based on the end of the lecture as we know it and a convergence of poetics, universities and the rise of digital media.