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John Trent – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2024
A considerable body of work now exists on the role that identity plays in understanding teachers and teaching. Developing and sustaining teacher identities in higher education can, however, be challenging given the subordinate positioning of teaching in some educational contexts. Despite the growth of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programmes…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Padgett, Ron, Ed. – 1987
Intended for secondary teachers and student writers but useful for anyone interested in poetic forms, this book defines 74 basic poetic forms, summarizes their histories, quotes examples from noted poets, and offers professional tricks of the trade on how to use each form. The book covers the following poetic forms: abstract poem, acrostic,…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Literary Devices, Literary Genres, Literary Styles
Croker, Beverley – 1988
This pamphlet describes 20 teaching ideas to incorporate poetry into the elementary school classroom. Topics included in this pamphlet are: (1) how to encourage a love of poetry; (2) how to introduce poetry to your class; (3) poetry and the senses; (4) poetry and the imagination; (5) poetry and the emotional experience; and (6) poetry and form.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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Pry, Elmer R. – Exercise Exchange, 1980
Suggests the comparative use of Hawthorne's story, "The Minister's Black Veil," and the Johnny Cash song, "The Man in Black," for helping students learn to judge texts, explore symbolism, and discover the differences between different kinds of literature. (TJ)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English Instruction, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
Mikulecky, Larry, Comp.; And Others – 1996
This handbook presents two core units for a distance education course that provides an introduction to the genre of texts targeted for adolescent/young adult readers. The first core unit in the handbook discusses the teaching of literary aspects of using adolescent/young adult literature. The second core unit addresses alternative approaches to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions, Distance Education
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Minarich, Ann; And Others – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1994
Principles of whole-language instruction are being implemented with upper elementary students at the Nebraska School for the Deaf. Students conduct cross-genre studies involving book, stage play, and movie versions of familiar tales. The approach incorporates language arts, social studies, science, art, and speech activities. (DB)
Descriptors: Deafness, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades, Language Enrichment
Myszor, Frank – 1994
This paper is the beginning of a plea for a reconsideration of the way in which educators teach short stories. It is only the beginning because the paper's main purpose is to draw together literary critical perspectives on the short story and then briefly examine their implications for teaching. It is the convenient yet evasive nature of short…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literary Genres
Hirsch, P. L. – 1984
Poetry is fundamental. As a response to reality, as an inclination of language, it is basic. If English teachers want their students to become poets or readers of poets or even imaginative and provocative users of language, they have to show them that the language of poetry is theirs, and English teachers can accomplish that task only by endorsing…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, English Instruction, Humanities, Language Usage
Shuman, R. Baird – Illinois Schools Journal, 1977
Notes that "drama has been seen by many to be one of the best means of helping students to know themselves more fully," and discusses the place of drama in the schools, what drama does for people, drama as a literary genre, readers' theater, mime, role playing, simulation, creative dramatics and plays for an audience. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Curriculum Development, Drama, English Curriculum
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Nicklow, Lisa – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1995
Maintains that alphabet books are an overlooked valuable resource for children's literature to enhance social studies instruction. Possible uses include introducing students to new concepts and ideas as well as initiating group discussions and creative activities. Presents an annotated bibliography of 38 alphabet books. (CFR)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Childrens Literature
Sloan, Glenna Davis – 1984
Intended for teachers, language arts supervisors, curriculum designers, and others interested in the teaching of English in elementary and middle schools, this book proposes a way of unifying the language arts in a program that makes literature the center of language studies. The first chapter includes a discussion of the central role that…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Fiction, Integrated Activities, Language Arts
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Weinstein, Edith K. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1980
Suggests using book discussions that ask for the reader's thoughtful impressions and judgments rather than simply assigning book reports that tend to produce factual recounting of a book's contents. Provides lists of separate questions on the novel, the biography, and nonfiction that can be used as guides for discussions. (MKM)
Descriptors: Biographies, Critical Reading, Discussion (Teaching Technique), English Curriculum
Padak, Nancy – 1997
This bibliography lists 585 books suitable for children or adult new readers, classified into the following themes: (1) African American Experience; (2) Appalachia; (3) architecture and engineering; (4) art; (5) communities and change; (6) death; (7) family; (8) farm life; (9) geography; (10) history of Ohio; (11) history of the United States;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Bibliographies, Childrens Literature
Beach, Richard; Marshall, James – 1991
Working from case studies of teachers and from the actual language used by teachers and students, this book provides a rationale for and a description of a response-centered approach to the teaching of literature in the secondary school. Embedded throughout the book are student activities. Each chapter gives suggested readings of related articles…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Censorship, Literary Genres, Literature Appreciation
Ruter, Allan J. – 1983
Students need to be made comfortable with the "foreign" language of British English before they can fathom the range of and changes in English literature through the centuries. In one approach to college English, students spend most of the first semester studying nineteenth century novels. After having studied four such novels, each for between…
Descriptors: College English, English Curriculum, English Instruction, English Literature
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