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Hennessy, J., Hinchion, C. and Mannix McNamara, P.
2011
May
English Teaching-Practice And Critique
“The points, the points, the points”: Exploring the impact of performance oriented education on the espoused values of Senior Cycle poetry teachers in Ireland
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Poetry Pedagogy Affective Cognitive Education.
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Teachers of English experience significant pressure in attempting
to meet the requirements of the national examination system, while also
seeking to uphold their own ideological and philosophical perspectives on the
value of poetry. Drawing on a mixed method study into the teaching of poetry
at post-primary level in Ireland conducted between 2007 and 2010, this paper
examines current methodological trends in poetry pedagogy. The research
identifies a marked imbalance in the prioritisation of pupil development, with
many teachers privileging the cognitive development of pupils’ poetic
understanding over the affective. The paper also suggests limited attention to
the interwoven dimensions of the affective and cognitive domains in the
teaching of poetry at senior cycle level in Irish schools. This paper advocates
the need to support teachers to develop an integrated pedagogy for teaching
poetry in second-level schools, which engages both the critical and the
creative in a meaningful manner.
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