Creative Strategies with Literature: Developing Literacy in the Classroom

The creative potential of metaphorical writing in the literacy classroom

Creativity is difficult to define and a universal definition remains elusive. However, common words associated with creativity affirm that it concerns novelty and originality, hallmarks of many great and enduring texts. Students can also be encouraged to surface original ideas through constructing their own creative texts. This article outlines such a project that focuses on metaphorical writin...

adopting literature in the EFL classroom

Taking Literacy Beyond The Classroom

We report on a project that demonstrates how fieldtrips can be structured and delivered in novel ways, and how they can extend the range of curricula that can be addressed – in this case to literacy. After describing a fieldtrip to support creative writing, which employed UbiComp technologies, we focus on how outcome and process were affected, and how working with a mobile device was perceived ...

Book Review: "Literature and Language Learning in the EFL Classroom"

Literature and Language Learning in the EFL Classroomconsists of nineteenchapters. The chapters of the book have been arranged into two parts: Part I, current issues and suggestions for new approaches (Chapters 1-6) and Part II, empirical and case studies (Chapters 7-19). The book takes multiple approaches to examine how literary texts can be incorporated into teaching practices inan EFLclassro...

Practicing Information Literacy in the Classroom

Artikelns syfte är att skapa en ökad förståelse för de utmaningar som uppstår när man i klassrumspraktiker skapar mening åt informationskompetens i allmänhet och i synnerhet åt trovärdighet. En kvalitativ studie har genomförts i två svenska gymnasieklasser med elever från andra året på samhällsvetenskapligt program. Artikeln ger en inblick i de utmaningar som pedagoger möter i samtidens skola n...