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Collection Spotlight: Poetry for All & Remembering Dr. Carl Leggo
Our new “Poetry for All” Collection Spotlight is up. Stop by and sign out a book of poetry!
Included in the Spotlight is a section on the works of Dr. Carl Leggo. Dr. Leggo was a poet and professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. He recently passed away in March. A selection of his books, and books that his works have appeared in, have been included in the Collection Spotlight.
Did you know April is National Poetry Month?
Connecting poetry to the BC curriculum:
“Through their study of language and texts, students have opportunities to develop a lifelong love of reading, writing, and learning and an appreciation for the power, beauty, joy, and artistry of language and texts” (from ELA curriculum rationale)
“Students are expected to…appreciate the power, beauty, and artistry of language and texts and their impact on personal, social, and cultural life” (from ELA curriculum rationale)
Big Ideas:
“Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.”
“Playing with language helps us discover how language works.”
Students are expected to know:
- Different forms of stories and texts, including poems
- Literary and poetic devices
- How to think critically, creatively, and reflectively about a range of texts, including poems
New Resource: Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News
Find this book at UBC Education Library. Call number LB 1590.3 L34 2018.
New Journal Subscriptions and Reference Works
 Human Development – publishes in-depth conceptual articles, commentaries, and essay book reviews that advance our understanding of developmental phenomena. |
 Journal of Contemplative Inquiry – online, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal for all who design, use, research, and assess contemplative and introspective methods and practices in post-secondary education. |
 Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership – the latest knowledge related to outdoor recreation, education, and leadership to help develop theory and practice. |
 Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts – forum for innovative studies at the intersection of translation studies and bilingual education, language teaching methodology, second language acquisition, curricular design, language policy and planning, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics. |
 Teaching Professor – Higher Education newsletter that focuses on specific aspects of teaching or administration. |
 Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology – specially commissioned entries written and edited by an international team of the world’s best scholars and teachers contains over 1800 entries. |
 Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences – A dynamic online publication, Emerging Trends highlights some of the most compelling topics in current scholarship and presents them through an interdisciplinary lens. Focus on five core social and behavioral science disciplines: Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology and Economics. |
Food For Fines
Reduce your UBC Library fines by donating non-perishable food items – $2 in fines paid for each food item donated (up to a maximum of $30). Donated cans are accepted at branch circulation desks from March 18 to April 1, 2019.
