ERIC Number: EJ1197134
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0309-8265
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Names and Their Meanings: Teaching Cultural Geography with the Poem "The Names of Migrant Workers"
Ye, Chao; Wu, Jinye
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v42 n4 p588-602 2018
This paper introduces a new teaching method, poetry, into the geography classroom, accompanied by an out-of-class discussion on a blog, and finds that its effects are rather different from those of traditional teaching methods, as it allows new perspectives on instructional content related to migrant workers' lives and identities in China. The method enables students to analyse content from the perspective of cultural geography, in which poetry acts as an art form that connects people's identities and social spaces. On the basis of this, we also provide some suggestions to engage students in critical analysis of poetry, from the perspective of cultural geography, through interactive online platforms such as blogs.
Descriptors: Poetry, Teaching Methods, Migrant Workers, Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Electronic Publishing, Course Content, Human Geography, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Change, Figurative Language, Rural to Urban Migration, Literature
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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