{"id":26660,"date":"2017-04-07t09:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-07t14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=26660"},"modified":"2017-04-05t09:34:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05t14:34:55","slug":"junior-faculty-spotlight-guojun-wang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2017\/04\/junior-faculty-spotlight-guojun-wang\/","title":{"rendered":"junior faculty spotlight: guojun wang"},"content":{"rendered":"
guojun wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

each month, the cft newsletter highlights the work of our junior faculty teaching fellows<\/a><\/span>.<\/span> this month,<\/span> guojun wang<\/span><\/a>, asian studies,<\/strong> talks about his teaching philosophy and interests.<\/span><\/p>\n

as a scholar, i mainly study late imperial chinese literature and culture. at vanderbilt, i teach an array of subjects related to chinese literature. the courses i offer cover both the pre-modern and modern periods in chinese history (36 centuries), and involve chinese literature in all its principle genres. using literature as a lens, i lead students to explore such themes as self and society, gender and writing, and romance and violence. i have two primary goals in teaching: to broaden students\u2019 experiences by learning about china (from the mainland to the diasporic communities), and to improve their abilities to read, to think, to express, and to communicate.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

i first highlight close reading as the main way to bring students closer to literary texts. in class, i guide students\u2019 attention to the details, fissures, and paradoxes in the readings. i then try to place the texts in the historical contexts and introduce major social issues the texts illustrate. analytical writing is another focus of my teaching. i have used online posting, response essays, research papers, and other formats to help students generate ideas and express them in writing. i also ask students to participate in multimedia activities such as interactive maps, timelines, and instant surveys to approach literature in diversified ways.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

i consider my classroom as a space for me and my students to explore together. for that purpose, i give students ample opportunities to communicate with each other through group work, leading the discussion, and different types of presentations. as my students and i have together discovered, chinese literature is not far away from vanderbilt campus. instead, we frequently notice connections between what we read and what is going on around us.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

in the past decade, i have taught in the impoverished communities in southwest china, schools for the children of migrant workers in beijing, and elite institutions in the states. i have worked with students speaking different languages, of different ethnicities, and from various social backgrounds. i hold the belief that teaching is a way of communication, one between me, my students, and the ever fresh voices in chinese literature.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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