Pedagogical Perseverance Past and Present: Chaucer Grades Grit.
- Author / Editor
- Smilie, Ethan K., and Kipton D. Smilie.
Pedagogical Perseverance Past and Present: Chaucer Grades Grit.
- Published
- Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought 58 (2017): 349-70.
- Description
- Assesses the "merits and drawbacks" of teaching "grit" (i.e., the "ability to work hard and diligently for long-term goals") as a pedagogical goal, comparing modern notions with Thomistic "studiositas" and "curiositas" and assessing three "gritty students" depicted in CT, their dedication to learning representing a moral range: the misguided Canon's Yeoman, the idealized clergeon of PrT, and the ambiguous Clerk. Maintains that modern pedagogical theorists are beginning to recognize a similar range.
- Contributor
- Smilie, Kipton D.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Clerk and His Tale
Prioress and Her Tale
Canon's Yeoman and His Tale