In calling this book Beyond the Culture Tours, the authors bring the reader's attention to a set of issues in the teaching of literature and culture. The Culture Tour is an old concept in the West, dating back to the seventeenth century. The educated young man -- it was an exclusively male project at first -- was expected to round off his education with the Grand Tour. This meant a visit to the major sites on the European continent, particularly Greece and Rome, and occasionally to the Holy Land. The object was to have a first-hand view of these monuments, and looking at them alone brought...

A comprehensive yet irreverent guide to everything you need to know to make the most of your pregnancy, this book includes essential tips and ideas for expectant mums and dads.

This volume is the result of four years work on the study and teaching of multiculturalism and literature - a vicarious counterpart to the 17th-century Grand Tour. The research team examined how students approached texts from their own and other cultures, and how teachers perceived their role.

The Anxieties of Idleness: Idleness in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture investigates the preoccupation with idleness that haunts the British eighteenth century. Sarah Jordan argues that as Great Britain began to define itself as a nation during this period, one important quality it claimed for itself was industriousness. But this claim was undermined and complicated by, among other factors, the importance of leisure to the upholding of class status, thus making idleness a subject of intense anxiety. One result of this anxiety was an increased surveillance of the supposed...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Deutsch - Padagogik, Didaktik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Studienseminar fur Lehramter an Schulen Essen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Um bei Jungen wieder Lesemotivation zu wecken, ist es Aufgabe der Grundschule, fur Jungeninteressen akzentuierte Angebote zur Leseforderung zu konzipieren. Ausgehend von dieser Forderung erarbeite ich das Konzept dieser Arbeit unter der Fragestellung, ob sich die Lesemotivation von Jungen durch einen Lesetag steigern lasst, an dem gezielt auf ihre geschlechtsspezifischen Bedurfnisse eingegangen wird. Den Lesetag...