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Author: Hammond, Helen J. × End date: 1989 × Start date: 1980 × Type: Masters Research thesis × Subject: Study and teaching ×

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    Poetry with teacher and without: an aspect of group work in English
    Hammond, Helen J. ( 1980)
    Recent research suggests that students are, without being directed by a teacher, capable of understanding and appreciating poems through small-group discussion. This study compares junior secondary student response to poems in two types of small-group discussion, teacher-directed and undirected. It investigates (l) differences between group types in students' verbal response, (C2) the relative success of group types in engendering positive attitudes towards poetry, (3) factors contributing to the success or otherwise of the discussions and (4) the adequacy of the research instruments employed. Analysis is made of transcripts of three discussions by each of eight groups. Data provided by these transcripts is used to examine the concept of literary perception, resulting in an extension of a current thesis to include two further perceptions. The study would suggest that teacher intervention may be an impediment to students' appreciation and enjoyment of poetry, that group structures may affect response and that it is possible to discern a model of literary perception.