Critical pedagogy and active approaches to teaching Shakespeare / Jennifer Kitchen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitchen, Jennifer, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare and pedagogy 2632-816X.

Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare and pedagogy, 2632-816X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Study and teaching.

Shakespeare, William.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (91 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Active approaches to teaching Shakespeare are growing in popularity, seen not only as enjoyable and accessible, but as an egalitarian and progressive teaching practice. A growing body of resources supports this work in classrooms. Yet critiques of these approaches argue they are not rigorous and do little to challenge the conservative status quo around Shakespeare. Meanwhile, Shakespeare scholarship more broadly is increasingly recognising the role of critical pedagogy, particularly feminist and decolonising approaches, and asks how best to teach Shakespeare within twenty-first century understandings of cultural value and social justice. Via vignettes of schools' participation in Coram Shakespeare School Foundation's festival, this Element draws on critical theories of education, play and identity to argue active Shakespeare teaching is a playful co-construction with learners and holds rich potential towards furthering social justice-oriented approaches to teaching the plays.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Nov 2023).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108874656 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

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