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Stumpf, Rachel – ProQuest LLC, 2018
"College readiness" has become a national buzzword in light of efforts to improve high school students' ability to successfully transition into postsecondary settings. One component of this transition that has long been an area of concern is students' readiness for college writing. Numerous stakeholders have weighed in on the question of…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Writing Skills, High School Students, Postsecondary Education
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Alfauzan, Abdullah H.; Hussain, Abduljabbar G. – English Language Teaching, 2017
The study attempts to investigate the attitude and perception of Saudi undergraduate students towards English literature courses as a part of their BA English Program at a large public university in KSA. A total of 59 students (25 studying a literature course, 25 linguistics course and nine had already passed at least one literature course)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
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Athanases, Steven Z.; Sanchez, Sergio L. – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2020
Classroom drama holds promise for student learning across disciplines. When Shakespeare's works are included in diverse classrooms, supported by drama activities, students can embody, voice, and explore themes and societal issues, bringing such themes alive. This study documents challenges and opportunities reported by teachers in their first-year…
Descriptors: Drama, English Literature, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods
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Ambayon, Cristobal M. – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2020
Mythology and folklore have long been important means for promoting literacy in human societies. This study aimed at validating a mythology and folklore module and evaluating its effectiveness in teaching the subject of mythology and folklore. This was in response to inadequate learning resources in teaching literature and to address the call for…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Secondary School Teachers
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Chang, Anna C.-S.; Renandya, Willy A. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2020
The study investigated L2 learners' perceptions of narrow reading. Thirty-two students finished four sets of graded readers organized by the same author with the same genre and same title, or random texts. After finishing each set of three graded readers, the students answered an eight-item questionnaire and wrote their reading feedback. Linear…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes
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Choo, Suzanne S. – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2015
Once regarded as the most essential subject in the national curriculum vital for civilizing the public, English Literature has now lost its place of prominence. In this paper, I focus on Singapore where the subject was a core aspect of the colonial curriculum and where it is currently facing declining enrolment at the national examinations. In the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values Education, English Literature, Global Approach
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Gayowsky, Alexandra – Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2019
A new teacher in her initial teacher education (ITE) program is focused on curriculum content, classroom management and pedagogy, and this perspective does not change despite a variation in the cultural context (Hassaram, Robertson, & Garcia, 2019). "Reflections of an Ontario Student Teacher in Scotland" is a narrative of raw,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Methods
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Suliman, Ashairi; Yunus, Melor Md; Nor, Mohamed Yusoff Mohd – Arab World English Journal, 2019
Teaching and learning literature could be a daunting task for both instructors and learners. It requires teachers to employ suitable approaches and methodologies to ensure the effectiveness of the lesson. This serves as the main purpose of this study which is to discover the approaches employed by literature teachers. In addition, three…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Learning Processes, Teacher Attitudes
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Myers, Aimee – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2019
Teachers in urban schools often struggle with being micro-managed by administration, especially when vertical alignment and assessment policies are heavily enforced. This study explores a culturally responsive teaching (CRT) approach to mandated curriculum within an urban classroom. By examining the teacher's use of 19th century British…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Urban Schools, Culturally Relevant Education, English Literature
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Sehgal Cuthbert, Alka – English in Education, 2019
This paper draws on Gramsci's concept of hegemony to locate the Newbolt Report, published in 1921, within a context of the weakening political authority of Britain's ruling class. One indication of this is the fact that in 1917 200,000 workers were involved in strikes in 48 British towns. The moral and cultural dimensions of the problems facing…
Descriptors: Moral Values, English Instruction, English Curriculum, Reports
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Schupak, Esther B. – Research in Drama Education, 2019
This article explores the way gender resonates in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" through an active study of live performance. Combining pedagogy with performance as an interpretive methodology, this research focuses upon using my unique classroom situation, teaching ultra-Orthodox Jewish adolescent females, as a platform for analysis.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Jews, Females
Kling, Rebecca Debra – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation aims to illuminate divergent ideologies of literacy and personhood in the United States and England, utilizing literary and non-literary texts from the nineteenth century to shed light on the historical constraints and conventions shaping our current moment. My version of the nineteenth century is a long one, since I look at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ideology, Literacy, History
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L'Heureux, Gerrard A. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2018
The author reflects on his 44-year career as a science instructor, during which he gradually implements new active learning strategies in the classroom and shifts to integrating science and literature in the teaching of learning communities. The author describes three learning communities to show how the disciplines of science and literature can…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Active Learning, Communities of Practice, Student Participation
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Holden, Mark P.; Newcombe, Nora S.; Resnick, Ilyse; Shipley, Thomas F. – Cognitive Science, 2016
Memory for spatial location is typically biased, with errors trending toward the center of a surrounding region. According to the category adjustment model (CAM), this bias reflects the optimal, Bayesian combination of fine-grained and categorical representations of a location. However, there is disagreement about whether categories are malleable.…
Descriptors: Memory, Spatial Ability, Bias, Bayesian Statistics
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Sultanova, Zhanagul S.; Yeshmuratova, Anar K.; Nursultan, Yelik; Kabdiyeva, Saniya D.; Zhuasbek, Yerkin T. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The research work deals with the practices and specific features of Kazakh theater, especially with the specifics of the director's decisions on performances based on European and Russian classical drama. The authors determine that the experienced directors from Russia were invited in order to influence the professional development of Kazakh…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Faculty Development, Films, Professional Development
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