1st Edition

Young Readers Responding to Poems

256 Pages

by Routledge

Description

First published in 1988, Young Readers Responding to Poems adopts a teacher-researcher approach to the processes of responding to poems. It shows experienced teachers exploring how their students, aged fourteen and above, read and respond to poetry, sets their innovative practices against the background of traditional theory in poetry teaching, and theorises these practices so as to generate... Read more

Preface

1. Exploring response
Michael Benton

2. Close readings
John Teasey

3. Four readers’ readings
Ray Bell

4. Group discussions of poetry
Keith Hurst

5. Conclusions
Michael Benton