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Autor/in | Eddy, Gary |
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Titel | A Poet Teaches Composition. |
Quelle | (1988), (13 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Critical Thinking; Educational Philosophy; Higher Education; Writing (Composition); Writing Improvement; Writing Instruction |
Abstract | It is difficult to teach a writing course that attempts to accomplish what great poetry accomplishes: the transformation of reality through language. The application of the principles of critical literacy, as outlined by Paulo Freire, may provide some assistance. In this course learners are asked to address problems in their environment and correct them through audience-intensive, purposeful writing assignments. Problems encountered in teaching such a course to First World learners include: (1) the difficulty American learners have in imagining oppression and seeing it in their own surroundings; (2) self-development as a component of self-empowerment; and (3) the principles of turning the classroom over to the learners themselves. Writers and teachers must come to view their work as an act of soul, a meeting of the inner and outer psychological worlds. In this way teaching and writing are both political acts and acts of psychic growth. (RAE) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |