Poetry and Pedagogy across the Lifespan : Disciplines, Classrooms, Contexts
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This book explores poetry and pedagogy in practice across the lifespan. Poetry is directly linked to improved literacy, creativity, personal development, emotional intelligence, complex analytical thinking and social interaction: all skills that are crucial in contemporary educational systems. However, a narrow focus on STEM subjects at the expense of the humanities has led educators to deprioritize poetry and to overlook its interdisciplinary, multi-modal potential. The editors and contributors argue that poetry is not a luxury, but a way to stimulate linguistic experiences that are formally rich and cognitively challenging. To learn through poetry is not just to access information differently, but also to forge new and different connections that can serve as reflective tools for lifelong learning. This interdisciplinary book will be of value to teachers and students of poetry, as well as scholars interested in literacy across the disciplines.
Book information
ISBN: | 9783319904320 |
Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pub date: | 20 Oct 2018 |
DEWEY: | 808.1071 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 347 |
Weight: | 652g |
Height: | 210mm |
Width: | 148mm |
Spine width: | 24mm |