Description
Product ID: | 9781501364570 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Pedagogy of the Depressed |
Authors: | Author: Dr. Christopher Schaberg |
Page Count: | 184 |
Subjects: | Literary essays, Literary essays, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Philosophy and theory of education, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Philosophy & theory of education |
Description: | This book is one English professor’s assessment of university life in the early 21st century. From rising mental health concerns and trigger warnings to learning management systems and the COVID pandemic, Christopher Schaberg reflects on the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education.Adopting an interdisciplinary public humanities approach, Schaberg considers the frequently exhausting and depressing realities of college today. Yet in these meditations he also finds hope: collaboration, mentoring, less grading, surface reading, and other pedagogical strategies open up opportunities to reinvigorate teaching and learning in the current turbulent decade. This book is one English professor’s assessment of university life in the early 21st century. From rising mental health concerns and trigger warnings to learning management systems and the COVID pandemic, Christopher Schaberg reflects on the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education. Adopting an interdisciplinary public humanities approach, Schaberg considers the frequently exhausting and depressing realities of college today. Yet in these meditations he also finds hope: collaboration, mentoring, less grading, surface reading, and other pedagogical strategies open up opportunities to reinvigorate teaching and learning in the current turbulent decade. |
Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic USA |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-03-10 |