Literature Education in the Asia-Pacific

Policies, Practices and Perspectives in Global Times
Herausgeber: Loh, Chin Ee; Beavis, Catherine; Choo, Suzanne S

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Produktbeschreibung

This edited collection provides an overview of English literature education in the Asia-Pacific in global times, bringing to international attention a rich understanding of the trends, issues and challenges specific to nations within the Asia-Pacific region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9780367272791
• ISBN-10: 0367272792
• Artikelnr.: 56547652

Autorenporträt

Loh Chin Ee is Assistant Professor with the English Language and Literature Academic Group at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Suzanne Choo is Assistant Professor with the English Language and Literature Academic Group at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Catherine Beavis is Professor of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University, Australia and Deputy Director of REDI: Research for Educational Impact; Deakin University's Strategic Research Centre in Education

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on contributors
1. Globalizing literature education in the Asia-pacific: remapping the
boundaries (Chin Ee Loh, Suzanne Choo and Catherine Beavis)
2. Literature in subject English in Australia: purpose, identity and mode
(Catherine Beavis)
3. Re-forming the nation: curriculum, text selection, and Asian literature
in subject English in Australia (Larissa Mclean Davies and Lucy Buzacott)
4. Literature in English language learning in China in tertiary education
(Geoff Hall and Qian Yang)
5. Changing the 'Success Narrative': English literature can help broaden
Hong Kong students' perceptions of education (Michael O'sullivan)
6. English literary studies in India: between critical thinking and
instrumental drives (Subarno Chattarji)
7. Neo-colonialism and the writer's identity in creative writing (Silvia
Mayasari-Hoffert)
8. Positioning approaches to teaching literature in English in Malaysian
secondary schools (Wei Keong Too)
9. Desired student response and its potential in forms of English
literature education in Malaysia (Jia Wei Lim)
10. Problems and issues in teaching literature in English in Philippine
secondary schools (Lalaine F. Yanilla Aquino)
11. Teaching literature, teaching identity: language pedagogy and building
a nation through texts and textbooks (Priscilla Angela T. Cruz)
12. Reclaiming Southeast Asia: cultural engagements in the Philippine
tertiary classroom (Lily Rose Tope)
13. English literature education in Vietnam and the potential of
appropriating reader-response theory in global times (Ha Thi Thu Nguyen)
14. The poetry of place, the place of poetry: the promise and perils of a
place-based literary pedagogy in the Singapore literature classroom (Chin
Ee Loh)
15. The Asian short film in the literature classroom (Dennis Yeo)
16. Globalizing literature education in Singapore: reviewing developments
and re-envisioning possibilities for the future (Suzanne Choo)
Index