Teaching Writing in the Age of Catastrophic Climate Change

Justin Everett, Russell Mayo, Christian Weisser , Derek Owens

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
20 November 2024

Teaching of a specific subject; Conservation of the environment; Educational: Art & design; Educational: English language: reading & writing skills

Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice

Catastrophic storms, searing heat waves, crumbling waterfronts, warming oceans, air-fouling forest fires and mass extinction have become facts of life. Under these conditions, it is difficult to imagine that the global industrial civilization will continue in its present form. This requires us to reconsider the subject of ecocomposition from a new perspective: “What does it mean to teach college writing in the face of this sobering reality?” The introduction reviews the history of ecocomposition and reframes it in light of the apocalyptic turn in climate discourse over the last quarter century as well as the role that ecocomposition theory can play in framing these discussions. Teaching Writing in the Age of Catastrophic Climate Change is organized into four sections. The first section considers the environmental narrative from the viewpoint of climate justice, while the second reframes pedagogies of place in light of the climate catastrophe. The third section examines the intersections of writing studies and the natural sciences, while the fourth section entertains the personal and emotional dimensions of teaching ecocomposition within the framework of catastrophic climate change. If we have been successful, these chapters provide a starting place for having sobering discussions in our classrooms, and considering what ecocomposition means in this unsettling age.

Contributions by: Christian Weisser, Derek Owens, Elisa Cogbill-Seiders
Edited by: Justin Everett, Russell Mayo
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 526g
ISBN: 9781666974782
ISBN 10: 1666974781
Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Pages: 274
Publication Date: 20 November 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Justin Everett is professor of English at Saint Joseph’s University. Russell Mayo is an English Language Arts teacher at Burley School in Chicago.

Reviews for Teaching Writing in the Age of Catastrophic Climate Change

This engaging collection provides teachers with numerous, innovative methods, activities, and examples of student writing designed to address the climate crisis. It documents the value of students using ecocomposition to portray relations with ecosystems and humans and to respond to literary texts and media to convince audiences of the need for change in status-quo systems impacting climate change.