First Steps in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Week 4 Designing Rachel Egloff Teaching Poetry

Teaching Poetry Background First year PhD in English Literature at Brookes No experience in teaching in higher education Used to teach English as a foreign language in Switzerland

Teaching Poetry From teaching poetry to students of English as a foreign language to teaching poetry to undergraduate English Literature students.

Teaching Poetry From teaching poetry to students of English as a foreign language to teaching poetry to undergraduate English Literature students. Applying Bloom’s revised Taxonomy to teaching poetry.

Teaching Poetry From teaching poetry to students of English as a foreign language to teaching poetry to undergraduate English Literature students. Applying Bloom’s revised Taxonomy to teaching poetry. Reflecting on experiences and applying to higher education setting.

Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy* Remembering -> recall or retrieve previous learned information Understanding -> comprehending the meaning Applying -> use concept or apply what was learned in a new situation Evaluating -> separates material or concepts into component parts to better understand Creating -> make judgments about the value of ideas or materials *A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives Anderson, Krathwohl, Airasian, Cruikshank, Mayer, Pintrich, Raths, and Wittrock (Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2000)

Example: The Sick Rose (William Blake 1794) O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.

1. Remembering -> learn poem off by heart O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.

2. Understanding -> translate into own words O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. O Rose du bist krank. Der unsichtbare Wurm, Welcher in der Nacht fliegt, Im heulenden Sturm, Hat dein Bett der purpurnen Freude ausfindig gemacht: Und seine dunkle, geheime Liebe Zerstört dein Leben.

3. Applying -> analyze structure and components of meaning (step 1 structure) O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. Rhyme Structure Meter Vocabulary …

3. Applying -> analyze structure and components of meaning (step 2 meaning) O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. Perspective 1 Rose is woman having love affair Perspective 2 Rose is beauty of nature Perspective 3 Rose is England

4. Evaluating -> evaluate different ideas O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. Historical contexts Poet’s biography and views Comparison to other texts Personal experience and conviction

5. Creating -> write essay integrating all the gathered information and coming to a new conclusion O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.

Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Applied to Poetry in Higher Education Remembering -> learn poem off by heart Understanding -> write into own prose words Applying -> analyze structure and components of meaning Evaluating -> evaluate different ideas Creating -> write essay integrating all the gathered information and coming to a new conclusion

First Steps in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Week 4 Designing Rachel Egloff Teaching Poetry