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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION 472-4 ?
DESIGNS FOR LEARNING:
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ENGLISH
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LANGUAGE ARTS (Secondary Only)
Intersession, 1991 ?
Instructor: ?
John Ormond
(May 6 . - June l4) ?
Office: ?
MPX9503
Monday & Wednesday, 5:30 - 9:20 p.m. ?
Phone: ?
291-3167
Location: MPX 8620B
PREREQUISITE:
Educ. 401/402 or equivalent.
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)
A research paper into a relevant area of interest to be presented to the group.
3)
A single lesson reflecting your understanding of the discipline and your philosophy to be
presented twice - once early in the course and a second time at its conclusion.
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
