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Teaching Transhumanism

Engelbert Thaler (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

173 Seiten

2021 | 1. Auflage
Narr Francke Attempto (Verlag)
978-3-8233-8495-3 (ISBN)

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Is transhumanism really "the world's most dangerous idea" (Fukuyama 2009)? This volume explores the term "transhumanism" (and "posthumanism"), suggests topics for classroom use (e.g. artificial intelligence, cyborgs, cloning, eternal life, super-intelligence), discusses problems, and sketches teaching scenarios for TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language).

Onco-mice and cloned sheep, drones and auto-automobiles, neuro-enhancement and prosthetic therapy: Is transhumanism a "movement that epitomizes the most daring, courageous, imaginative, and idealistic aspirations of humanity" (Ronald Bailey 2004), or rather "the world's most dangerous idea" (Francis Fukuyama 2009)? This volume attempts to elucidate what we understand by the term "transhumanism", what topics and problems we face, what media are suitable for classroom use, what lesson scenarios seem effective, what benefits we may reap, and what challenges we have to cope with when we teach transhumanism in English language classes.

Prof. Dr. Engelbert Thaler ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Didaktik des Englischen an der Universität Augsburg. Seine über 650 wissenschaftlichen Publikationen befassen sich mit Verbesserung der Unterrichtsqualität, Lehrer:innenausbildung, Medien- und Literaturdidaktik, interkulturellem Lernen, Entwicklung von Lehrwerken.

Contents

Engelbert Thaler
Introduction

A. Theory

Engelbert Thaler
Transhumanism in Language Teaching

Roman Bartosch
Lessons in Relatability. Posthumanism and Literacy Learning

Klaus Bredl
Transhumanism - More Than Human?

B. Methodology

Werner Delanoy
Quo Vadis Humankind?. Transhumanism, Posthumanism and Language Education

Peter Hohwiller
John Lanchester's The Wall in the Advanced Language Classroom

Arthur Haberlach
"Forever Young! I Want to Be Forever Young!". Teaching Yuval Noah Harari's Homo Deus

Nicolina Pullmann
Gender Identities in the Age of Transhumanism. Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence Among Advanced Learners in Game of Thrones

Stephanie Fuchs
Please, Download Your Identity Here. Transhumanism and the Concept of Identity as Promising Topics for EFL Classrooms

C. Lessons

Ben Maré Dutschmann
The Concept of Transhumanism

Katharina Stark
Transhumanism in Films

Lorenz Körner
Transhumanism and Religion

Ben Maré Dutschmann
Human Enhancement

Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	19.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Studies in English Language Teaching /Augsburger Studien zur Englischdidaktik ; 10
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 220 mm
Gewicht	282 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	language classroom • media • posthumanism • Teaching English • Transhumanism • Transhumanism, Posthumanism, Teaching English, Media, Language classroom • Transhumanism, Posthumanism, Teaching English, Media, Language classroom • Transhumanism,Posthumanism,Teaching English,Media,Language classroom
ISBN-10	3-8233-8495-3 / 3823384953
ISBN-13	978-3-8233-8495-3 / 9783823384953
Zustand	Neuware