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Book SynopsisThe present volume is the result of a pilot study and a workshop at Queensborough Community College that tried to integrate and discussed poetry as a new method of writing intensive pedagogy across the curriculum. Educators from several different disciplines – Art and Design, Biology, English, History, Philosophy, and Sociology – describe such methods and their teaching experiences in the classroom and highlight, how poetry has been and could be used for fruitful teaching and learning across the curriculum. The interdisciplinary pilot study and the discussions at the workshop, which are represented by the chapters in the present volume consequently emphasize the possibilities for the use of poetry at Community Colleges and U.S. undergraduate education in general. Contributors are: Kathleen Alves, Alison Cimino, Urszula Golebiewska, Joshua M. Hall, Angela Hooks, Frank Jacob, Shannon Kincaid, Susan Lago, Alice Rosenblitt-Lacey, Ravid Rovner, and Amy Traver.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Pedagogy and Poetry across the Disciplines Frank Jacob and Shannon Kincaid Part 1: Arts 1 “Object Poetry” as a Source of Inspiration for Design Studies Ravid Rovner 2 Arts Integrated Learning through Poetry: Implementing Awareness, Metaphor, and Play across Curriculums Alison Cimino Part 2: Biology 3 Poetry in a Biology Classroom Urszula Golebiewska Part 3: English 4 An Initiation into Academic Discourse with Poetry Susan Lago 5 Poetry and Student Learning Angela Hooks 6 “Thirsty Women and Fuckboys”: Teaching Shakespeare with Memes Kathleen Alves 7 In Deference to Dreams Deferred: Langston Hughes’ Poem, “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)” and Its Application across the Curriculum Alice Rosenblitt-Lacey Part 4: History 8 Expressive Content Writing: The Inclusion of Poetry in Undergraduate History Courses Frank Jacob Part 5: Philosophy 9 Pedagogy in Verse: A Philosophical Approach to Poetry across the Curriculum Shannon Kincaid 10 Empowering Poetic Defiance: Baudelaire, Kant and Poetic Agency in the Classroom Joshua M. Hall Part 6: Sociology 11 Contextualizing Math and Poetry in Community College Courses: Impacts and Implications in Introduction to Sociology Amy E. Traver Index
