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What do we mean when we talk about disability in the Middle Ages?
This volume brings together dynamic scholars working on the subject
in medieval literature and history, who use the latest approaches
from the field to address this central question. Contributors
discuss such standard medieval texts as the Arthurian Legend, The
Canterbury Tales and Old Norse Sagas, providing an accessible entry
point to the field of medieval disability studies to medievalists.
The essays explore a wide variety of disabilities, including the
more traditionally accepted classifications of blindness and
deafness, as well as perceived disabilities such as madness,
pregnancy and age. Adopting a ground-breaking new approach to the
study of disability in the medieval period, this provocative book
will interest medievalists and scholars of disability throughout
history.
What do we mean when we talk about disability in the Middle Ages?
This volume brings together dynamic scholars working on the subject
in medieval literature and history, who use the latest approaches
from the field to address this central question. Contributors
discuss such standard medieval texts as the Arthurian Legend, The
Canterbury Tales and Old Norse Sagas, providing an accessible entry
point to the field of medieval disability studies to medievalists.
The essays explore a wide variety of disabilities, including the
more traditionally accepted classifications of blindness and
deafness, as well as perceived disabilities such as madness,
pregnancy and age. Adopting a ground-breaking new approach to the
study of disability in the medieval period, this provocative book
will interest medievalists and scholars of disability throughout
history.
Even on good days, teaching is a challenging profession. One way to
make the job of college instructors easier, however, is to know
more about the ways students learn. How Humans Learn aims to do
just that by peering behind the curtain and surveying research in
fields as diverse as developmental psychology, anthropology, and
cognitive neuroscience for insight into the science behind
learning. The result is a story that ranges from investigations of
the evolutionary record to studies of infants discovering the world
for the first time, and from a look into how our brains respond to
fear to a reckoning with the importance of gestures and language.
Joshua R. Eyler identifies five broad themes running through recent
scientific inquiry-curiosity, sociality, emotion, authenticity, and
failure-devoting a chapter to each and providing practical
takeaways for busy teachers. He also interviews and observes
college instructors across the country, placing theoretical insight
in dialogue with classroom experience.
Even on good days, teaching is a challenging profession. One way to
make the job of college instructors easier, however, is to know
more about the ways students learn. How Humans Learn aims to do
just that by peering behind the curtain and surveying research in
fields as diverse as developmental psychology, anthropology, and
cognitive neuroscience for insight into the science behind
learning. The result is a story that ranges from investigations of
the evolutionary record to studies of infants discovering the world
for the first time, and from a look into how our brains respond to
fear to a reckoning with the importance of gestures and language.
Joshua R. Eyler identifies five broad themes running through recent
scientific inquiry-curiosity, sociality, emotion, authenticity, and
failure-devoting a chapter to each and providing practical
takeaways for busy teachers. He also interviews and observes
college instructors across the country, placing theoretical insight
in dialogue with classroom experience.
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