English Literature and Work-Based Learning: A Pedagogical Case Study

Autor/in	Eastman, Christine Angela
Titel	English Literature and Work-Based Learning: A Pedagogical Case Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 33 (2014) 2, S.141-160 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
DOI	10.1080/02601370.2013.824039
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Pilot Projects; Writing Skills; Writing Improvement; Writing Instruction; English Literature; Lifelong Learning; Education Work Relationship; Persuasive Discourse; Ethical Instruction; Case Studies; Adult Education; Workplace Learning; United Kingdom (London) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Schreibunterricht; Englische literatur; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung
Abstract	This paper discusses a pilot project held at Middlesex University to enhance students' writing skills through literature teaching. It argues that literature teaching can offer a profound contribution to work-based learning and lifelong education: first, by showing students how effective arguments are constructed; second, by inspiring students to use their reading to improve their writing; third, by offering an ethical guide in the workplace and, broadly speaking, in all areas of life. Moreover, literature teaching should help students become more energized by the challenges of argument, contradictions and complexity, as well as provide them with the means to formulate and then trust their aesthetic judgement. Using literature as a pedagogical tool, teachers can inspire "educational connoisseurship" in their students by teaching them to become active and autonomous, evaluative and critical agents in their own education. This paper presents the results of the pilot, showing the substantive contribution the study of certain essayists and novelists made to the students' perceptions of what makes good writing, how they might replicate it and how literature can offer an ethical guide throughout their working lives. As a reiterative study which builds on similar research carried out at the University of Kent in 2010, this paper should further the arguments for a work-based learning programme that includes the study of literature. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10