Teaching Literature to Adolescents - Hardcover

Beach, Richard; Appleman, Deborah; Fecho, Bob; Simon, Rob; Wilhelm, Jeffrey; Hynds, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805841954 ISBN 13: 9780805841954

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

This text for pre-service and in-service English education courses presents current methods of teaching literature to middle and high school students. The methods are based on social-constructivist/socio-cultural theories of literacy learning, and incorporate research on literary response conducted by the authors.

Teaching Literature to Adolescents – a totally new text that draws on ideas from the best selling textbook, Teaching Literature in the Secondary School, by Beach and Marshall – reflects and builds on recent key developments in theory and practice in the field, including:

• the importance of providing students with a range of critical lenses for analyzing texts and interrogating the beliefs, attitudes, and ideological perspectives encountered in literature;
• organization of the literature curriculum around topics, themes, or issues;
• infusion of multicultural literature and emphasis on how writers portray race, class, and gender differences;
• use of drama as a tool for enhancing understanding of texts;
• employment of a range of different ways to write about literature;
• integration of critical analysis of film and media texts with the study of literature;
• blending of quality young adult literature into the curriculum; and
• attention to students who have difficulty succeeding in literature classes due to reading difficulties, disparities between school and home cultures, attitudes toward school/English, or lack of engagement with assigned texts or response activities.

The interactive Web site contains recommended readings, resources, and activities; links to Web sites and PowerPoint presentations; and opportunities for readers to contribute teaching units to the Web site databases.

Instructors and students in middle and high school English methods courses will appreciate the clear, engaging, useful integration of theory, methods, and pedagogical features offered in this text.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Beach is Professor of English Education, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Deborah Appleman is the Hollis L. Caswell Professor and Chair of Educational Studies and Director of the Summer Writing Program at Carleton College.

Susan Hynds is Professor Emerita of English Education, Syracuse University.

Jeffrey Wilhelm is Professor of English Education, Boise State University.

Review

"Teaching Literature to Adolescents provides chapter after chapter to help preservice English teachers prepare themselves to be more effective in the classroom...[It] explains ways to get students fully engaged in the literature classroom--interpreting, discussing, and writing about literature...[The] authors may say it's for preservice English teachers, but don't kid yourself--new and veteran teachers alike can benefit from the text and its related website."

--"Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy", October 2007

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0805841954
• ISBN 13: 9780805841954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296