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It's Complicated: Honouring Complexity in the English Classroom
Friday February 21, 2025 11:40 - 12:40 MST
Imperial 9 - HYATT
We all, and certainly our students, live in a world which in many ways encourages a limited and simplistic good vs. bad, right vs. wrong, us vs. them perspective on people, issues, and problems. In this session we will discuss how the study of literature can develop in our students a different mindset, one that honours and even expects complexity, first in the characters and subject matter in the texts we study, and hopefully by extension in their perspective on other people and on the issues that they now face and will face in their lives. A willingness and ability to deal with complexity and nuance will not only enhance the quality of work produced in English and other classes, but ideally will also broaden their overall worldview and encourage an approach to issues that will make them comfortable with shades of grey in understanding and judging themselves, other people, and the challenging world in which they live. We will emphasize the centrality of the concepts of ambiguity and paradox in the study of literature, as well as looking at activities which develop skills in honouring complexity by examining a short literary text together.
Speakers
avatar for Jim Forrest

Jim Forrest

I taught high school English and coached football and basketball for 36 years at a variety of schools in Alberta, the final 23 at Cochrane High School, retiring in 2018 but still doing some subbing.  I have also been involved in various capacities with the English 30-1 Diploma Exam... Read More →
Friday February 21, 2025 11:40 - 12:40 MST
Imperial 9 - HYATT Hyatt
  Language Arts (TQS 3), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12)

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