Names and their meanings: teaching cultural geography with the poem the names of migrant workers

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 migran...

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Published in:Journal of geography in higher education 2018-10, Vol.42 (4), p.588-602
Main Authors: Ye, Chao, Wu, Jinye
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
blog
Computer Mediated Communication
Content analysis
Course Content
Cultural geography
Electronic Publishing
Figurative Language
Foreign Countries
Geography
Geography Instruction
Human Geography
identity
Literature
Migrant Workers
Poetry
Rural to Urban Migration
Self Concept
Social Change
social space
Students
Teaching Methods
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0309-8265
1466-1845
DOI:10.1080/03098265.2018.1514590