Affective and Cognitive Responses to Poetry in the University Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Rumbold, Kate; Simecek, Karen
Titel	Affective and Cognitive Responses to Poetry in the University Classroom
Quelle	In: Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 23 (2016) 4, S.335-350 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1358-684X
DOI	10.1080/1358684X.2016.1230468
Schlagwörter	College Students; Affective Behavior; Cognitive Processes; Poetry; Teaching Methods; Skill Development; English Literature; English Instruction; Seminars + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Lyrik; Poesie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Englische literatur; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Seminar
Abstract	In universities, as in mainstream education more widely, cognitive approaches to poetry are often dominant. Far from being irrelevant to the serious study of literature, we argue that eliciting students' affective responses to poetry can deepen their cognitive understanding and analytical skills. Drawing on recent research in psychology on the relationship between cognition and affect, we show that poetry has particular potential to make us aware of the crucial interrelation of our cognitive and affective processes; and that bringing those responses into balance can deepen our understanding of poetry. Building on recent educational studies of typical student (and teacher) anxieties and assumptions about working with poetry, and on our observations from our own initial, exploratory seminars, we explore some of the obstacles to rebalancing the cognitive and affective dimensions of poetry in higher education, and point to the potential value of such an approach if such obstacles are overcome. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01