Teaching Africa's Cities through Meja Mwangi's Novels

Autor/in	Smiley, Sarah L.
Titel	Teaching Africa's Cities through Meja Mwangi's Novels
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography, 108 (2009) 4-5, S.219-225 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1341
Schlagwörter	Textbooks; Foreign Countries; Novels; Lesson Plans; Interdisciplinary Approach; Geography Instruction; World Geography; College Students; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Urbanization; Urban Environment; Economic Development; Developing Nations; Africa; Kansas; Kenya; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Ausland; Novel; Roman; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Weltkunde; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Schülerbefragung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Urbanisation; Urbanisierung; Stadtökologie; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Afrika; Kenia
Abstract	This article presents a lesson plan used to teach about African urbanization using Kenyan novels. Specifically, three urban novels written by Meja Mwangi are used. Based on a qualitative survey of student preference and learning, this lesson plan uses these novels alongside more traditional academic texts to achieve effective student learning. Understanding that students prefer to read novels but learn best from textbooks, this mixture of texts generates emotional discussions that are substantiated with factual research. (Contains 2 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10