1st Edition

Teaching Secondary English as if the Planet Matters

By Sasha Matthewman Copyright 2011
200 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

‘This is an important book for all concerned with the teaching and learning of English, exploring new and hugely significant areas in a scholarly, thought-provoking and eminently practical way.’ – David Stevens, University of Durham, UK Drawing together ideas from a range of disciplines in the study of texts which explore nature, the built environment and issues of climate change and... Read more

Chapter 1. Elements of the crisis  Chapter 2. Ecocriticism: The literary critical response  Chapter 3. The English curriculum and environmental thinking  Chapter 4. Ecocritical poetry: A fresh approach to teaching nature poetry  Chapter 5. Animals in the classroom: the potential of anthropomorphism  Chapter 6. Writing the story of consumption and waste  Chapter 7. Understanding environmental debate and discourses  Chapter 8. Reading the City  Chapter 9. Future visions: merging fact and fiction  Chapter 10. Place-based writing: Venturing outside  Chapter 11. New subject territory and ‘New’ Media

Biography

Sasha Matthewman is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol where she leads the PGCE English course.

'This is an important book for all concerned with the teaching and learning of English, exploring new and hugely significant areas in a scholarly, thought-provoking and eminently practical way.' - David Stevens, University of Durham