Essays about: "didactic essay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words didactic essay.

  1. 1. Reading The Catcher in the Rye in the EFL classroom : A didactic perspective of the reasons and consequences for banning or censoring literature

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Josefin Gustavsson; [2018]
    Keywords : The Catcher in the Rye; banned literature; censored literature; EFL classroom; cultural studies; triggered instances; ideologies; America; Sweden;

    Abstract : By discussing the ethical issues with banned and censored literature, students can learn how to approach a text written in different contexts. The essay brings to light the triggered instances, which lead to banning The Catcher in the Rye in American schools in the 1950s. READ MORE

  3. 2. DECONSTRUCTING GENDER - How to Teach Gender and Feminist Pedagogy using Stephenie Meyer's Life and Death in the EFL classroom

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Sarah Ahlung; [2017-09-05]
    Keywords : feminist pedagogy; gender theory; gender swap; gender stereotypes;

    Abstract : Research done by The Swedish National Agency for Education shows students being treatedand assessed differently. Various demands and expectations are placed on them based on theirgender. Schools thus have a responsibility and a duty to counterbalance conventional andstereotypical gender patterns. READ MORE

  4. 3. ENVISIONING YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE : A STUDY ON TEACHING ENVISIONMENT IN THE ESL-CLASSROOM

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Karolina Heier; [2017]
    Keywords : Teaching; envisionment; literature; literacy; Young Adult Literature; YA; Judith A. Langer; Ruta Sepetys; English as a Second language;

    Abstract : This essay is based on Judith A. Langer’s many years of literacy research and her concepts of ‘the literate mind’ and ‘envisionment building’ in the classroom. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Defence of Literary Theory : A psychoanalytical study of selected works by Percy Bysshe Shelley with a view to didactic usage

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Markus Edmonds; [2017]
    Keywords : Literary didactics; Lacan; Shelley; literary psychoanalytic criticism; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : This essay argued the importance of literary theory in the classroom. As a teacher, it is possible to achieve the empathetic goals of the English curriculum and Judith A. Langer’s ambition of literate thinking by using poetry and literary theory in school. READ MORE

  6. 5. Didactic Aspects of Transferred Social Values in Children´s Literature : A Character Analysis Focusing on Adult-Child Power Structures Found in Lois Lowry´s Novel Number the Stars

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Annelie Persson; [2016]
    Keywords : power; ideology; children´s literature; didactic intent; narration;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay was to examine adult-child power structures connected to the main character in Lois Lowry´s novel Number the Stars, to see if they could be found in different levels, and layers of the text. With the focus to see if the novel´s content might correlate to any educational purposes if used when teaching English as a second language in the Swedish upper secondary school. READ MORE