Teaching North American Environmental Literature
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Teaching North American Environmental Literature
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Author : Laird Christensen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Teaching North American Environmental Literature written by Laird Christensen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
From stories about Los Angeles freeways to slave narratives to science fiction, environmental literature encompasses more than nature writing. The study of environmental narrative has flourished since the MLA published Teaching Environmental Literature in 1985. Today, writers evince a self-consciousness about writing in the genre, teachers have incorporated field study into courses, technology has opened up classroom possibilities, and institutions have developed to support study of this vital body of writing. The challenge for instructors is to identify core texts while maintaining the field's dynamic, open qualities. The essays in this volume focus on North American environmental writing, presenting teachers with background on environmental justice issues, ecocriticism, and ecofeminism. Contributors consider the various disciplines that have shaped the field, including African American, American Indian, Canadian, and Chicana/o literature. The interdisciplinary approaches recommended treat the theme of predators in literature, ecology and ethics, conservation, and film. A focus on place-based literature explores how students can physically engage with the environment as they study literature. The volume closes with an annotated resource guide organized by subject matter.
Teaching Environmental Literature
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Author : Frederick O. Waage
language : en
Publisher: Modern Language Assn of Amer
Release Date : 1985-01-01
Teaching Environmental Literature written by Frederick O. Waage and has been published by Modern Language Assn of Amer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Teaching Postcolonial Environmental Literature And Media
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Author : Cajetan Iheka
language : en
Publisher: Modern Language Association
Release Date : 2021-12-28
Teaching Postcolonial Environmental Literature And Media written by Cajetan Iheka and has been published by Modern Language Association this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Taking up the idea that teaching is a political act, this collection of essays reflects on recent trends in ecocriticism and the implications for pedagogy. Focusing on a diverse set of literature and media, the book also provides background on historical and theoretical issues that animate the field of postcolonial ecocriticism. The scope is broad, encompassing not only the Global South but also parts of the Global North that have been subject to environmental degradation as a result of colonial practices. Considering both the climate crisis and the crisis in the humanities, the volume navigates theoretical resources, contextual scaffolding, classroom activities, assessment, and pedagogical possibilities and challenges. Essays are grounded in environmental justice and the project to decolonize the classroom, addressing works from Africa, New Zealand, Asia, and Latin America and issues such as queer ecofeminism, disability, Latinx literary production, animal studies, interdisciplinarity, and working with environmental justice organizations.
Teaching Ecocriticism And Green Cultural Studies
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Author : G. Garrard
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-01-12
Teaching Ecocriticism And Green Cultural Studies written by G. Garrard and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
Ecocriticism is one of the most vibrant fields of cultural study today, and environmental issues are controversial and topical. This volume captures the excitement of green reading, reflects on its relationship to the modern academy, and provides practical guidance for dealing with global scale, interdisciplinarity, apathy and scepticism.
Stronger Truer Bolder
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Author : Karen L. Kilcup
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2021-05-15
Stronger Truer Bolder written by Karen L. Kilcup and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Virtually every famous nineteenth-century writer (Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson)— and many not so famous—wrote literature for children; many contributed regularly to children’s periodicals, and many entered the field of nature writing, responding to and forwarding the century’s huge social and cultural changes. Appreciating America’s unique natural wonders dovetailed with children’s growth as citizens, but children’s journals often exceeded a pedagogical purpose, intending also to entertain and delight. Though these volumes aimed at a relatively conservative and mostly white, middle-class, and affluent audience, some selections allowed both children and their parents room for imaginative escape from restrictive social norms. Covering a period that initially regarded children’s natural bodies as laboring resources, Stronger, Truer, Bolder traces the shifting pedagogical impulse surrounding nature and the environment through the transformations that included America’s nineteenth century emergence as an industrial power. Karen L. Kilcup shows how children’s literature mirrored those changes in various ways. In its earliest incarnations, it taught children (and their parents) facts about the natural world and about proper behavior vis-à-vis both human and nonhuman others. More significantly, as periodical writing for children advanced, this literature increasingly promoted children’s environmental agency and envisioned their potential influence on concerns ranging from animal rights and interspecies equity to conservation and environmental justice. Such understanding of and engagement with nature not only propelled children toward ethical adulthood but also formed a foundation for responsible American citizenship.
Teaching Green The High School Years
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Author : Tim Grant
language : en
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Release Date : 2013-09-23
Teaching Green The High School Years written by Tim Grant and has been published by New Society Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-23 with Education categories.
This resource is ideal for anyone working with young people in grades 9-12, whether in schools or in non-formal educational settings. Richly illustrated, it offers fifty teaching strategies that promote learning about natural systems and foster critical thinking about environmental issues, both local and global. It contains new approaches to learning, strategies for living sustainably, and numerous activities that promote interdisciplinary learning. In addition, the book provides suggestions for how best to green individual subject areas, develop integrated learning programs, or replicate exemplary programs created by innovative schools and communities. Containing contributions from over sixty educators from across North America, the book’s strength lies in its diverse content. Readers learn how best to apply systems thinking, teach about controversial issues, and use a step-by-step approach to creative problem-solving in environmental projects. Also provided are instructions for measuring the ecological footprint of a high school, creating an indoor “living system” that cleans water, monitoring air quality with lichens, and using green technologies to help green school campuses. Many articles and activities engage teenagers in outdoor learning and community restoration projects. Suggestions are included for connecting students with special needs to the environment around them. Readers will find accessible background information and suggestions for many practical projects and activities. It is sure to appeal to a wide range of teachers, educators, and parents seeking innovative ideas for incorporating green themes into their programs. Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn are the editors of Green Teacher magazine, North America’s award-winning environmental teaching resource.
Encyclopedia Of The Environment In American Literature
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Author : Geoff Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Encyclopedia Of The Environment In American Literature written by Geoff Hamilton and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
This encyclopedia introduces readers to American poetry, fiction and nonfiction with a focus on the environment (broadly defined as humanity’s natural surroundings), from the discovery of America through the present. The work includes biographical and literary entries on material from early explorers and colonists such as Columbus, Bartolomé de Las Casas and Thomas Harriot; Native American creation myths; canonical 18th- and 19th-century works of Jefferson, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Hawthorne, Twain, Dickinson and others; to more recent figures such as Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer, Stanley Cavell, Rachel Carson, Jon Krakauer and Al Gore. It is meant to provide a synoptic appreciation of how the very concept of the environment has changed over the past five centuries, offering both a general introduction to the topic and a valuable resource for high school and university courses focused on environmental issues.
Gaining New Insights Building On Experience
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Author : North American Association for Environmental Education. Annual Conference
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Gaining New Insights Building On Experience written by North American Association for Environmental Education. Annual Conference and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Nature categories.
This document contains selected papers from the 24th annual conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). Papers and reports from the NAAEE Sections and other special workshops are presented first, followed by contributed papers, and finally a section providing background information on the NAAEE. Various topics of the presentations include arts in environmental education, biodiversity monitoring, environmental communication, environmental issues, sustainable environmental education programs, urban outreach, forest service, environmental justice, evaluation, rural outreach, curriculum development, school land labs, environmental competency, environmental action, integrated curriculum, partnerships and innovations, teacher thinking and practice, weatherizing houses and alternative fuels, mentoring, growth management and land use, undergraduate environmental science, conflict resolution, peace corps, global environmental change, threatened and endangered animals, children's literature, professional development, remote sensing and geographic information system technologies, academic training, environmental activities, citizenship and political controversy, public policy, environmental ethics, environmental awareness, recycling, environmental management, environmental education research, zoos and conservation centers, language and culture, multidisciplinary environmental science, children's perceptions, Australian landcare approach to environmental education, live animals, program evaluation, environmental education in vocational education, water education, preschool programs, and environmental risk education. (JRH)
Environmental Knowledge Race And African American Literature
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Author : Matthias Klestil
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-04-20
Environmental Knowledge Race And African American Literature written by Matthias Klestil and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
This open access book suggests new ways of reading nineteenth-century African American literature environmentally. Combining insights from ecocriticism, African American studies, and Foucauldian theory, Matthias Klestil examines forms of environmental knowledge in African American writing ranging from antebellum slave narratives and pamphlets to Charlotte Forten’s journals, Booker T. Washington’s autobiographies, and Charles W. Chesnutt’s short fiction. The volume highlights how literary forms of environmental knowledge in the African American tradition were shaped by the histories of slavery and race, mainstream environmental writing traditions, and African American forms of expression and intertextuality. Turning to the Underground Railroad, debates over education and home-building, and the aesthetics of the pastoral and the georgic, Environmental Knowledge, Race, and African American Literature provides an original perspective on the African American ecoliterary tradition that uncovers new facets of canonical and understudied texts and offers new directions for ecocriticism and African American studies.
A Companion To The Literature And Culture Of The American West
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Author : Nicolas S. Witschi
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-02-03
A Companion To The Literature And Culture Of The American West written by Nicolas S. Witschi and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West presents a series of essays that explore the historic and contemporary cultural expressions rooted in America's western states. Offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of cultural expressions originating in the west Focuses on the intersections, complexities, and challenges found within and between the different historical and cultural groups that define the west's various distinctive regions Addresses traditionally familiar icons and ideas about the west (such as cowboys, wide-open spaces, and violence) and their intersections with urbanization and other regional complexities Features essays written by many of the leading scholars in western American cultural studies