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SUMMER SEMESTER 2005

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EDUC 412-4

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DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: SECONDARY LANGUAGE ARTS

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Monika Hilder

OFFICE: TBD

email: Monika.Hilder@telus.net

Monday 13:00-16:50 EDB 8620F

PREREQUISITE:

Educ 401/402

DESCRIPTION

This course will focus on developing knowledge and understanding to create a rich and dynamic language arts

program in the secondary school classroom. In developing worthwhile learning experiences for students, we

will consider the following: how one's own educational philosophy impacts curriculum design, theoretical

issues in literature and language education, and the importance of story in creating space for personal, societal,

and cultural meaning. A series of literary works from four genres will be studied in common, both for the

purpose of explication and creating teaching strategies. We will explore and develop pedagogical approaches

and assessment strategies to foster students' learning in writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. Familiarity

with the aims of secondary language arts programs, including provincial curriculum guides, will be addressed.

There will be some emphasis on teaching Canadian authors. One key focal point will be on imaginative

education, and another key focal point will be on how to create curriculum that encourages authenticity in an

ethic of caring. Participants are expected to contribute to dialogue and activities arising from the readings.

REQUIREMENTS:

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Four shorter pieces of work, using a variety of media where appropriate, on teaching ideas and/or issues

raised by the readings or work in class. (20%)

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Group presentation on teaching a lesson. (20%)

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Group drama performance incorporating and transforming selections from the common literary works.

(20%)

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Creation of a curriculum design, with reference to research, in the secondary language arts. (40%)

TEXTS:

Atwood, Margaret and Robert Weaver. (Eds.) (1997). The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in

English. Toronto: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-541220-6

Harrison, M. and C. Stuart-Clark. (Eds.) (1999). One Hundred Years of Poetry for Children. Toronto: Oxford

University Press. ISBN 0192762583

Michaels, Anne. (1999). Fugitive Pieces. Toronto: Random House. ISBN

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Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Ga1 Shakespeare Series. International

Oomson

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