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We know that; but we rarely think about it. And why is teaching more difficult than learning? Not because the teacher must have a larger store of information, and have it always ready. Teaching is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to let learn. The real teacher, in fact, lets nothing else be learned than—learning. His conduct, therefore, often produces the impression that we really learn nothing from him, if by “learning” we now automatically understand merely the procurement of useful information. The teacher is ahead of his apprentices in this alone, that he has still far more to learn than they—he has to learn to let them learn.  \n—Martin Heidegger  \nThose of us who have among our duties the teaching of these various literature surveys—and especially surveys required for the English major—are confronted with the unhappy and irreconcilable paradox of a course by nature rather less than representative, and yet rather broad than deep. Using a hybridized, four-pillared seminarstyle, I strive to create provocative convergences among primary readings, secondary scholarship, informal student characterizations, formal presentations with designated respondents, and prompted journaling. The result in most instances is a lively, engaged conversation that manages to achieve both breadth and depth, without the pace of a forced march. In the process, my role as seminar leader evolves. During the first several weeks of the course, my role is very much front-and-center as I acquaint students with the various course components and protocols, coaching them through sample assignments. After three to four weeks, however, my role begins to change from instructor to seminar leader. While I most often open class by introducing terms, concepts, and historical context, my role soon evolves from authority to seminar leader, in which capacity my  \nchief concerns are guidance, assessment, and enrichment. I have used this basic design very successfully with British Literature I and II surveys, but also with surveys of medieval literature, British novels, medieval and modern drama, and epic literature.  \nI began my experience with survey design in 1998 when, having been awarded a post-doctoral teaching fellowship, I was assigned to teach a variety of literature surveys, including the standard British literature survey from Chaucer to Milton, the poetry survey from Donne to the twentieth century, major British novels, early English Renaissance drama, and modern drama. Such expertise as I could reasonably claim was in AngloSaxon Studies in particular and medieval British literature in general. It dawned on me early that I needed a generalizable plan. The plan I currently use, and that I liken to architectural design, has resulted from years of trial-and-error, and from careful consultations with my students and colleagues—accompanied, especially in the early years, by sometimes frenetic self-education about various authors, texts, genres, and periods.  \nOf course, I am far from prescient in recognizing the pitfalls of surveys, nor am I the first to advance a solution. Lawrence Hussman describes a team-taught approach employed at Wright State University and at the University of Dallas where individual members of the English faculty each in turn lectured the same class regarding the period of their own expertise (Hussman 31) . However, the team-taught design, while reportedly popular with students, may enhance rather than counter the effect of a smorgasbord on a fast conveyor belt, and it presents logistical problems as well. Gregory Roper describes the student's experience of the survey as“the literary autobahn,” and identifies four “allegorical beasts” that confront the survey teacher: “Too much, Too long, Too fast, and Too complex”(Roper 49) . He likens the students' experienc","cbCaihpEGoju5QgO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihpEGoju5QgO","pdf",36325,"English","# The challenge of teaching literature surveys\n## Teaching as enabling learning\n# A four-pillared seminar design\n## Roles across the course timeline\n## Methods and course components\n# Background and need for a generalizable plan\n## Early teaching experience and architectural metaphor\n# Prior solutions and critiques\n## Team-taught and “literary autobahn” models\n## Group study guide approach\n# The author’s objectives and outcomes","[{\"question\":\"Why does the author argue teaching can be more difficult than learning?\",\"answer\":\"Teaching is difficult because it must let students learn rather than deliver information. 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