Victorian Culture and Experiential Learning Historical Encounters in the Classroom

This book is a crucial resource for instructors interested in bringing the past alive for their students through hands-on, immersive educational experiences. While sharing a common historical field, the contributors hail from multiple disciplines, including art history, human biology, biological ant...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Morrison, Kevin A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section I: Foundations
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Doing Victorian Studies
  • Chapter 2. Victorian Experiential Learning: On Object Lessons and Learning from Experience
  • Section II: Class-Based Activities
  • Chapter 3. Bridging the Distance: Learning Victorian Literature through Creative Projects
  • Chapter 4. Working with Mayhew: Collaboration and Historical Empathy in Precarious Times
  • Chapter 5. Cooking the Victorian Recipe
  • Section III: Active Learning Out of Doors
  • Chapter 6. Play, Craft, Design: Hands-On Victorianism
  • Chapter 7. Victorian Eugenics and Contemporary Service Learning
  • Chapter 8. Learning in Archives: Fevers, Romances, Methodologies
  • Chapter 9. Mapping Feeling: Geography, Affect, and History on the London Streets through Study Abroad
  • Section IV: The Application and Transformation of Knowledge
  • Chapter 10. Experiential Education and the Liberal Arts Major