College English Mar 2009

How to Teach for Social Justice: Lessons from Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Cognitive Science

Mark Bracher

Abstract

The author explains how principles of cognitive science can help teachers of literature use texts as a means of increasing students’ commitment to social justice. Applying these principles to a particular work, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, he calls particular attention to the relationship between cognitive science and literary schemes for building reader empathy.

Journal
College English
Published
2009-03-01
DOI
10.58680/ce20096984
Open Access
Closed

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