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SUMMARY:Cracking the poetry code: Empowering teachers of Caribbean poetry 
 - Sharon Philip\, University of the West Indies\, Trinidad
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CONTACT:Bryony Horsley-Heather
DESCRIPTION:Poetry is generally regarded as the most difficult literature 
 genre to understand and teach because of its complex language.  Many resea
 rchers agree that often teachers’ attitudes towards poetry and their tea
 ching efficacy help to create an in-built resistance and this affects thei
 r pedagogy.  One of the ways teachers can increase their sense of efficacy
  is by improving their pedagogical and content knowledge of the subjects t
 hey deliver. This paper reports on professional development workshops on t
 he teaching of Caribbean poetry that were delivered to secondary school En
 glish teachers in Trinidad and Tobago. Initial findings reveal that teache
 rs found the workshops beneficial in exploring important concepts and issu
 es in the teaching of poetry as well as offering strategies they can use i
 n their classrooms. They also pointed to a need for additional workshops o
 n specific areas of poetry that could enhance their pedagogy.\n\n*Sharon P
 hillip* is a Lecturer in the Teaching of English at the School of Educatio
 n\, UWI\, St Augustine\, Trinidad and Tobago. Her research interests and p
 rofessional presentations include Caribbean Poetry\, Children’s Literatu
 re\, Professional Development\, and Critical Thinking. She taught at the p
 rimary and secondary levels before moving on to tertiary education. Sharon
  has been a member of the CCE Caribbean Poetry Project team since 2010 and
  ran very successful workshops in Trinidad & Tobago this year.\n\n
LOCATION:Room GS5 Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hi
 lls Road\, Cambridge
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