In this review, we explore whether and how literature education may foster adolescent
students' insight into human nature. A systematic search of five databases was …

Grounded in solid theory with new field-tested classroom activities, the fourth edition of
Critical Encounters in Secondary English continues to help teachers integrate the lenses of …

Timely, thoughtful, and comprehensive, this text directly supports pre-service and in-service
teachers in develo** curriculum and instruction that both addresses and exceeds the …

Taking a close look at the forces that affect English education in schools—at the ways
literature, cognitive science, the privileging of the STEM disciplines, and current educational …

Amanda Haertling Thein, Richard Beach, and Daryl Parks explore the subtle yet powerful
changes that transpire when white students encounter multicultural literature and …

Abstract The Dutch Institute for Curriculum Development argues that literature education is
important for broadening students' personal, social and cultural horizons. Indeed, reading …

This book examines how working-class high school students' identity construction is
continually mediated by discourses and cultural practices operating in their classroom …

Although the curriculum subject of English is continually reviewed and revised in all English
speaking countries, the status of literature is rarely questioned: ie that it is of high cultural …

If teaching is a complex act, it is additionally complex for first-year teachers', who enter with
the same responsibilities as veteran teachers yet encounter specific difficulties as beginning …

This conceptual article explores the experiential basis of poetry and its deep connections to
human engagement with the world and with others. This exploration is presented as a …