So I've been doing a little bit of teaching of free adult classes in my erstwhile academic specialty, an area of literature. (I am not an academic and do not teach except for community stuff.) I have trouble with big group discussion and balancing my role in the class. [more inside]
posted by Frowner on Apr 3, 2013 - 13 answers

Help me teach the stories of San Francisco! [more inside]
posted by guster4lovers on Nov 23, 2012 - 27 answers

Looking for teachable, modern, western and nonwestern examples of "quest" narratives in literature? [more inside]
posted by demonic winged headgear on Jul 1, 2010 - 41 answers

What English-language science fiction books would you recommend I teach to Japanese high school students? [more inside]
posted by MShades on Jun 23, 2010 - 36 answers

Please help me think of cheerful novels, plays, or even short stories suitable for an advanced high school freshman curriculum. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 16, 2010 - 29 answers

Pitching an upper-division English course on Literature and Film. Would like to focus on the films of the Coen Brothers, but need suggestions of novels, short stories, plays, etc. to pair with their movies. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by Saxon Kane on Oct 31, 2008 - 16 answers

Favorite philosophical, historical, analytic, or lit-critical essays about comic books? [more inside]
posted by gerryblog on Sep 19, 2008 - 10 answers

Next year I'm teaching a course on science and literature after 1945. What should I put on the syllabus? [more inside]
posted by josh on Jul 5, 2006 - 28 answers

TeacherFilter: I'm looking for a NON-fiction text for my tenth-grade students. [more inside]
posted by etc. on Sep 23, 2005 - 67 answers