Teaching the New English: Teaching the Short Story

by admin | Apr 22, 2016 | Fiction, Teaching library, Twentieth century literature, Victorian literature

Teaching the New English: Teaching the Short Story Edited by Ailsa Cox Print Pub Date: April 2011 Online Date: April 2011 Overview The short story is moving from relative neglect to a more central position in the literary curriculum. As a teaching tool, its...

Teaching the New English: Teaching Nineteenth-Century Fiction

by admin | Apr 22, 2016 | Fiction, Teaching library, Victorian literature

Teaching the New English: Teaching Nineteenth-Century Fiction Edited by Jennifer Phegley and Andrew Maunder Print Pub Date: February 2010 Online Date: July 2010 Overview This collection examines what is taught in nineteenth-century fiction courses in the light of the...

E-learning advocates – Dr Peter Hinds

by admin | Jan 23, 2016 | E-Learning, Old English literature, Victorian literature

E-learning advocates – Dr Peter Hinds Project Summary Project Title: Blended Learning with E-Resources (EEBO, ECCO, JSTOR*) *EEBO (Early English Books Online – digitised images of printed books from 1473 to 1700 – available under a JISC...

Studying Literary Texts: The Learning Process

by admin | Jan 22, 2016 | Pedagogic research, Student experience, Student portfolios, Victorian literature

Studying Literary Texts: The Learning Process Summary ‘I don’t think I will ever read a book again in the way I did before!’ What do we ‘do’ when studying Literature? What learning processes take place? Undergraduate Educational Studies students have been finding out...

Turning the Classroom into a Debate Hall: Arguing about Racism in Heart of Darkness

by admin | Jan 22, 2016 | Conrad, Oral communication skills, Seminar teaching, Victorian literature

Turning the Classroom into a Debate Hall: Arguing about Racism in Heart of Darkness Author Stella Bolaki English Literature, University of Edinburgh Summary Second-year English literature students were invited to debate the question of racism in Joseph Conrad’s Heart...

Plot-casting: Using Student-Generated Audiobooks for Learning and Teaching

by admin | Jan 22, 2016 | E-Learning, Victorian literature

Plot-casting: Using Student-Generated Audiobooks for Learning and Teaching Author Matthew Rubery University of Leeds Summary This case study reports on a recent pedagogical initiative making use of podcasting technology in the classroom. The project involved getting...