Papers by Sasha Matthewman
Changing English, 2006
What does a sense of space and place bring to the interpretation of a literary text such as Pigs ... more What does a sense of space and place bring to the interpretation of a literary text such as Pigs by Les Murray? What does an English subject perspective add to work in geography on documentary texts such as the BBC wildlife series Planet Earth? This article is an outcome of our collaboration as teacher educators involved in the initial training of English and geography teachers. We start with Planet Earth because we want to highlight a popular text worth viewing from different subject perspectives. In many ways the process reflects the type of interdisciplinary understanding required to address ecological issues. We take the examples of English and geography, tracing the etymologies of these separate disciplines and considering the common ground between them. The potential of this approach for subject development is modelled through analysis of Pigs, a poem by Les Murray.
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Studying Teacher Education, 2009
The integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) into subject teaching adds an ... more The integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) into subject teaching adds an extra layer of complexity for teacher educators. There are technical ICT skills to be taught and there are also many questions about how these skills relate to the development of ...
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Computers & Education, 2004
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English in Education, 2007
In this article the potential of a creative connection between ecocriticism and nature poetry is ... more In this article the potential of a creative connection between ecocriticism and nature poetry is raised in the context of teaching Ted Hughes' poem Pike. I consider how an ecocritical approach can open up the text to environmental debates comparing this with an example of a lesson based in a literacy strategy model. The paper argues for stronger attention to pupils' experiences of the environment through a more open and interdisciplinary approach to teaching poetry. More widely, I assess the prospects for English to contribute to critical understanding about the environment and animals.
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