Romantic Pedagogy Commons

General Editor: Laura Mandell

Current Issue: Novel Prospects: Teaching Romantic-Era Fiction (August 2008)
Previous Issue: Romanticism, Ecology, and Pedagogy (December 2006)

Welcome to the Romantic Circles Pedagogy Commons. This is a new, peer-reviewed, online journal dedicated to the presentation of essays about teaching that offer sample teaching materials as well, from printable handouts to "digital-born" teaching materials. This journal presents articles about how teaching works. Occasionally, in an essay about teaching, the writer of the essay will say, "Then I get students to see that . . . ." Sometimes whatever follows the "that" is in fact less significant than what has been elided. What's missing is an answer to the question, HOW? How do you get students to see what you see in a text? Do you just TELL them—i.e., use lecture format? How does a discussion work that leads to that insight? What assignments given to students before or during class discussion either bring students to your insights or generate unpredictable classroom exchanges?

Each issue of the Pedagogy Commons has a special guest editor: the editor selects articles for review based on a paper prospectus submitted for an issue, then reviews final papers before sending them on to be reviewed by the Romantic Circles editorial board. Acceptance notification will be received approximately two months after submission.