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``Teach Me How to Work and Keep Me Kind'' : A Meditation on Literature in High School
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Riener, Joseph F.
- 학회/출판사/기관명AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- 출판년도2016
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기AMERICAN EDUCATOR
- 발행사항Vol.40No.3[2016]_x000D_
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- 소개/요약A liberal arts education can teach young people the habits of mind to enable them to thoughtfully consider how they want to spend their lives. It can also establish the connection between one's self and others, what we call empathy. With insight and understanding, the liberal arts can teach students that education is a matter of the head and the heart, of work and kindness. Literature aids the journey to compassion. In this article, the author describes how he used poems, short stories, novels, and plays to expose students in his AP English classes to a variety of ideas, issues, and feelings. He wanted them to ponder the complexity of human emotion and what constitutes a good life. The work his students undertook in his classroom, the important conversations they had with him and with each other, illustrates the possibilities and benefits of a liberal arts education.
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