Teaching & Learning English Literature

By Ellie Chambers and Marshall Gregory

Teaching and Learning English Literature presents 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 evaluation and improvement. A range of teaching methods are explored, from the traditional classroom, to newer collaborative work and uses of electronic technologies. Set in the context of the modern classroom Teaching and Learning English Literature will help both seasoned and less experienced faculty members become more informed, and better teachers of their subject.

The book includes discussion of:
The way Literature as a discipline is currently understood and constituted What it means to study and learn the subject What ′good teaching′ is, at a time of reduced resources, increasing student numbers, and an emphasis on ′user-pay′ principles and vocationalismThis text will be a vital resource for teachers of English Literature in universities and colleges world-wide.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076194172X
• ISBN13: 9780761941729
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.1"