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1 Connecting social justice and classical languages |
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1.1 The edge of the beginning |
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1.2 Social inequity and education |
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1.2.1 Mechanics of social inequity |
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1.2.2 The role of educational inequity |
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1.3 Classics and social justice |
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1.3.1 `The glory that was Greece // and the grandeur that was Rome' |
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1.3.2 Classics and educational barriers |
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12 | (6) |
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1.4 Conclusion and reflection tools |
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18 | (5) |
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2 Raising young heroes - teaching Latin and ancient Greek at primary school |
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2.1 Classics at primary school in the US and Europe |
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23 | (5) |
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2.1.1 `Latin words are like sticks of dynamite': Latin in US primary schools |
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2.1.2 From the UK to Greece: primary school classics projects in Europe |
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26 | (2) |
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2.2 Introducing the Ancient Greeks-Young Heroes project |
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2.2.1 From literacy to young heroes: redefining ancient Greek |
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2.2.2 `It was fun and I miss the teachers': the project's impact |
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2.2.3 Aspirations and literacy: research findings |
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2.3.1 What do you mean by `classics'? |
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2.3.2 Who would teach the course? |
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2.3.3 What would be the course format? |
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2.4 Conclusion and reflection tools |
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3 Six steps to transformative learning through classics at primary school |
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3.1 Classics and disorientation in the primary classroom |
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3.1.1 The challenges of multidiversity |
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3.1.2 Classics and the `zone of optimal confusion' |
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3.1.3 Example 1: a lack of disorientation |
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3.1.4 Example 2: finding a balanced disorientation |
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3.1.5 Example 3: a disorientation of pain |
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3.2 `This pedagogy will be made and remade' |
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3.2.1 Step 1: backward design |
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3.2.2 Step 2: broadening the canon for local teaching |
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3.2.3 Step 3: deepening learning from 5Fs to 3Ps |
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3.2.4 Step 4: knowledge co-creation |
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3.2.5 Step 5: applied assessment |
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3.2.6 Step 6: courageous conversations |
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3.3 Conclusion: From Disorienting Dilemma to Transformative Learning |
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4 Six `how-to' questions on teaching Latin and ancient Greek language at primary school |
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4.1 Transformative curriculum-building in action |
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4.1.1 Question 1: how to design a transformative learning course? |
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4.1.2 Question 2: how to teach the ancient Greek alphabet? |
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4.1.3 Question 3: how to teach Latin or ancient Greek grammar? |
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4.1.4 Question 4: how to integrate pupils' home languages? |
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4.1.5 Question 5: how to approach Latin or ancient Greek texts? |
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4.1.6 Question 6: how to build up linguistic knowledge without rote learning? |
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4.2 Conclusion: transformative learning through a translanguaging approach |
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5 Community engagement between pupils and policy |
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5.1 Ripples of community engagement |
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5.1.1 Engaging with learners and Teachers: From Transaction to Co-creation |
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5.1.2 Engaging with families and communities: taking classics home |
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5.1.3 Engaging with the media and policymakers: from pedagogy to practice-based research |
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5.2 Community resistance to classics and how to respond to it |
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5.2.1 You'd be better off teaching pupils more [ insert national language/s of your country] |
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108 | (1) |
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5.2.2 You'd be better off teaching them Chinese |
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108 | (1) |
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5.2.3 It's just not for these pupils |
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5.2.4 Pupils will be disappointed when they want to study classics at secondary school and aren't smart enough |
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110 | (1) |
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5.3 Conclusion and reflection tools |
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Conclusion |
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Bibligraphy |
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Index |
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