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SIMON FRASER
UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION 472-4
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DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: LANGUAGE ARTS
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(Secondary) ?
(D3.00)
Intersession, 1992 ?
Instructor:
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John Ormond
(May 4-June 12)
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Office: ?
MPX8557
Monday & Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
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Phone: ?
291-3167
Location: MPX 7610
PREREQUISITE:
EDUC 4011402
DESCRIPTION OF COURSE
This course will focus on English as a distinct discipline in which reading, writing,
listening, and speaking serve a primary goal: to develop a student's understanding and
appreciation of language and its power to shape meaning and experience.
Special attention will be given to the following:
Response to Literature
The Writing Process
Grouping Strategies
Communication and Group Interaction
Evaluation Procedures
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1)
To develop a repertoire of strategies for teaching literature that will encourage genuine
response in the reader.
2)
To develop an understanding and appreciation of the writing process as a dynamic method
for encouraging independent student learning.
3)
To explore a variety of grouping strategies which will encourage effective student
interactions and student-centered learning.
4)
To develop skill in the development of student assignments as well as appropriate
evaluation procedures.
TYPICAL ASSIGNMENTS
1)
The production by a
4-student group
of a
single course
of study for English 9.
2)
The development of a "Research Binder", reflecting an on-going study of an area of
research/theory of central importance in the teaching of Language Arts.
3)
A bibliographical paper summarizing your study of that area of research/theory.
4)
A learning log/journal which provides on-going commentary on the group processes as
well as continued reflections on readings of research and theory examined in the course.
REQUIRED TEXTS
Students are not required to purchase texts. We will collect a set of necessary resources at the
beginning of the course.
RECOMMENDED TEXTS
Twenty copies of the following titles have been ordered:
Willinsky, John. (1990).
The New Literacy:
Redefining
Reading and Writing in Schools.
NY: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-90055-7
Thomson, Jack. (1987).
Understanding Teenagers' Reading.
Australia: Methuen.
ISBN 0-89397-289-4
Atwell, Nancie.
In the Middle: Writing, Reading and Learning with Adolescents.
ISBN 0-86709-163-0
