Mode of Program Participation
Academic Scholarship
Participation Type
Workshop
Session Title
Close Reading For The Classroom: Appalachian Literature Deserves A Second Look
Session Abstract or Summary
For the Appalachian Studies Conference, my workshop title is “Close Reading For The Classroom: Appalachian Literature Deserves A Second Look.” Using the independent study on literary pedagogy that I composed for my Master of Arts degree in English as the foundation for discussion in this workshop, I plan to focus on methodologies I gleaned from a plethora of journals and books and then analyzed in order to formulate a working list of practical applications for teaching literature in the classroom. Two sources that merited significant attention in this process included Jane Gallop’s “The Ethics of Reading: Close Encounters” found in the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing and Sherry Lee Linkon’s 2011 book, Literary Learning: Teaching the English Major. Building on recent and past scholarship, I chose a select list of methodologies from a host of sources and in the last section of my independent study applied those approaches to various sections of Denise Giardina’s Appalachian novel, Storming Heaven. In addition to providing a working list of applications for teaching literature in the high school and college classroom during the workshop, I will facilitate discussion amongst attendees about other methodologies that they have utilized that rendered positive outcomes in promoting and teaching the rich and variegated genre known as Appalachian literature in high school and college settings. To accomplish these objectives in this workshop, I will need access to a projector in order to display my PowerPoint slides, but I will supply my own computer and adaptor.
Presentation #1 Title
Close Reading For The Classroom: Appalachian Literature Deserves A Second Look
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
For the Appalachian Studies Conference, my workshop title is “Close Reading For The Classroom: Appalachian Literature Deserves A Second Look.” Using the independent study on literary pedagogy that I composed for my Master of Arts degree in English as the foundation for discussion in this workshop, I plan to focus on methodologies I gleaned from a plethora of journals and books and then analyzed in order to formulate a working list of practical applications for teaching literature in the classroom. Two sources that merited significant attention in this process included Jane Gallop’s “The Ethics of Reading: Close Encounters” found in the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing and Sherry Lee Linkon’s 2011 book, Literary Learning: Teaching the English Major. Building on recent and past scholarship, I chose a select list of methodologies from a host of sources and in the last section of my independent study applied those approaches to various sections of Denise Giardina’s Appalachian novel, Storming Heaven. In addition to providing a working list of applications for teaching literature in the high school and college classroom during the workshop, I will facilitate discussion amongst attendees about other methodologies that they have utilized that rendered positive outcomes in promoting and teaching the rich and variegated genre known as Appalachian literature in high school and college settings.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
Dale M. Jenkins, an advanced instructor in Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University’s Department of Communication since 1999, accepted his current faculty position following a six-year teaching stint at Bluefield College. In conjunction with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Divinity in Counseling and Biblical Studies, he completed a Master of Arts in English at Virginia Tech in May 2016.
Close Reading For The Classroom: Appalachian Literature Deserves A Second Look
For the Appalachian Studies Conference, my workshop title is “Close Reading For The Classroom: Appalachian Literature Deserves A Second Look.” Using the independent study on literary pedagogy that I composed for my Master of Arts degree in English as the foundation for discussion in this workshop, I plan to focus on methodologies I gleaned from a plethora of journals and books and then analyzed in order to formulate a working list of practical applications for teaching literature in the classroom. Two sources that merited significant attention in this process included Jane Gallop’s “The Ethics of Reading: Close Encounters” found in the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing and Sherry Lee Linkon’s 2011 book, Literary Learning: Teaching the English Major. Building on recent and past scholarship, I chose a select list of methodologies from a host of sources and in the last section of my independent study applied those approaches to various sections of Denise Giardina’s Appalachian novel, Storming Heaven. In addition to providing a working list of applications for teaching literature in the high school and college classroom during the workshop, I will facilitate discussion amongst attendees about other methodologies that they have utilized that rendered positive outcomes in promoting and teaching the rich and variegated genre known as Appalachian literature in high school and college settings.
