EDUCATION 472-4

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DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: LANGUAGE ARTS

SECONDARY

SUMMER SEMESTER, 1985

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INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Carolyn Mamchur

Mondays, 5:30 - 9:20

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LOCATION: MPX 7600

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Planning for learning; creating learning environments; developing teaching

strategies and materials.

Depending upon the experiences and requirements of the participants in this

course, different degrees of focus will be spent on the following four areas:

1.

Personality variables affecting teaching/learning styles.

2.

Teaching of composition.

3.

The creative process.

4.

Major issues facing today's English teacher.

REQUIREMENTS:

Attendance, active participation, in and out of class creative writing,

preparation of a brief (2 pages), but researched "issues paper" to be presented

to the class in seminar fashion, and the development of curriculum for twenty

hours of teaching in an English classroom. This last assignment is the major

one and will be presented in two ways. First, as an hour of actual teaching

to the class, secondly, as a detailed outline (not specific lesson plans) to be

handed in to the instructor.

RECOMMENDED READING (no compulsory text):

Mamchur, C. Insights, OI.S.E. Press Toronto.

Lawrence, G., People Types and Tiger Stripes.

Judy., Explorations in the Teaching of Secondary English.

Ashton-Warner, Sylvia. Teacher

Instead of a compulsory text, several compulsory readings will be distributed

throughout the course, (with a covering fee charged).