Scientific approaches to literature in learning environments

Scientific Approaches To Literature In Learning Environments Is Not Just About What Takes Place In Literary Classrooms. Settings Do Have A Strong Influence On Student Learning Both Directly And Indirectly. These Spaces May Include The Home, The Workplace, Science Centers, Libraries, That Is, Contexts That Entail Diverse Social, Physical, Psychological, And Pedagogical Variables That Facilitate Learning, For Example, By Grouping Desks In Specific Ways, Utilizing Audio, Visual, And Digital Technologies. Scientific Approaches To Literature In Learning Environments Puts Together A Series Of Empirical Research Studies On The Different Locations Of Teaching And Learning. These Studies Represent Literary Learning Environment Throughout The World, Including Brazil, The Usa, China, Canada, Japan And Several European Countries Such As The Netherlands, Ukraine, The Uk And Malta. The Studies Reported Describe Quantitative And/or Qualitative Research And Cover Pre-primary, Primary, High School, College, University, And Lifelong Learning Environments. They Refresh The Enigmatic Ambience That Often Surrounds The Teaching And Learning That Goes On In Literary Studies And Offer Transparent, Useful And Replicable Research And Practice. Students And Teachers Alike Are Encouraged To Take Them And Own Them. 1. Foreword / By David S. Miall -- Chapter 1. Empirical Approaches To The Study Of Literature In Learning Environments: An Overview / By Olivia Fialho -- Part I. Reading Processes In Communities Of Practices: Chapter 2. Learning From Literature: Empirical Research On Readers In Schools And At The Workplace / By Frank Hakemulder -- Chapter 3. Authorizing The Reader In The Classroom / By David S. Miall -- Chapter 4. Transforming Readings: Reading And Interpreting In Book Groups / By David Peplow -- Part Ii. Reading Processes In Efl/l2 Contexts: Chapter 5. Enhancing Responses To Literary Texts With L2 Learners: An Empirically Derived Pedagogical Framework / By Odette Vassallo -- Chapter 6. Empirical Stylistics In An Efl Teaching Context: Comparing Virtual And Face-to-face Reading Responses / By Anna Chesnokova -- Chapter 7. Literary Themes Across Cultures / By Shisheng Liu -- Chapter 8. Of Learning And Poetics: Exploring Strategies Used By L2 Japanese English Learners / By Takayuki Nishihara -- Chapter 9. Literature And The Role Of Background Knowledge For Efl Learners / By Masayuki Teranishi -- Part Iii. Creative Writing, Corpus, And Empirical Stylistics As Learning Tools: Chapter 10. Effects Of Creative Writing On Adolescent Students' Literary Response / By Tanja Janssen -- Chapter 11. Esl Students' Perceptions Of Creative And Academic Writing / By David I. Hanauer -- Chapter 12. Empirical Stylistics As A Learning And Research Tool In The Study Of Narrative Viewpoint / By Violeta Sotirova -- Chapter 13. Point And Clic: Teaching Literature With Corpus Stylistic Tools / By Michaela Mahlberg -- Chapter 14. Literary Awareness In A High-school Efl Learning Environment: An Empirical Evaluation / By Sonia Zyngier. Edited By Michael Burke ; Olivia Fialho ; Sonia Zyngier. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.