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ISBN 10: 1446237494 
ISBN 13: 9781446237496
Author: Ellie Chambers, Marshall Gregory

′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 Gregory describe the what, why, and how of “doing” literature, often demonstrating the techniques they advocate. Veteran teachers will find the book rejuvenating, a stimulus to examining purposes and methods; beginning teachers may well find it indispensable′ – Professor William Monroe, University of Houston ′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.

Teaching and Learning English Literature 1st Table of contents:

1 The discipline today
In crisis?
From ancient pedagogy . . .
. . . To the modern academy
Intrinsic justification
2 What is good teaching?
‘Teaching’ and ‘good teaching’
An approach to teaching close reading: textual analysis and interpretation
Postscript
3 Teaching literary theory and teaching writing
‘Positioning’ literary theory
Approaching the teaching of theory and criticism
Teaching theory and criticism
Approaches to teaching academic writing
Academic literacies
Writing pedagogy
Postscript
4 Planning for teaching: curriculum and course design
‘Modelling’ curriculum design
The curriculum
Curriculum aims
Subject benchmarking
Course design issues
Progression
Models of curriculum design revisited
Postscript
5 Methods of teaching
‘Good teaching’ revisited
Teaching beginning students: socio-cultural pedagogic principles
Working methods: methods that work
Electronic teaching methods
Postscript
6 Student assessment
Transparent assessment criteria and standards
Designing an assessment regime
Feedback and learning
Various forms of assessment
Postscript
7 Evaluating teaching; future trends
Evaluating courses and teaching

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