Poetry and the Puzzle of Meaning (A Story of Professional Growth).

Draayer, Ken

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ERIC Number: EJ571692

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Publication Date: 1998

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Poetry and the Puzzle of Meaning (A Story of Professional Growth).

Draayer, Ken

English Quarterly, v30 n1-2 p16-27 1998

Describes the gradual breakthroughs and the classroom procedures in one teacher's efforts to find a pedagogy for poetry that would side-step or eliminate the need for a direct assault on meaning. Discusses the complex first response to poems. Uses visual art to encourage looking and seeing over judging, and reporting over interpretation. (PA)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Grade 10, High Schools, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Reader Response, Teacher Role, Visual Arts

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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