EDUC 325 Specialty Methods of Instruction for All Learners: English
The English Methods course is designed to provide English education students opportunities to more deeply explore and understand the specific skills, strategies, and techniques used by secondary English teachers in the classroom. We will cover effective teaching methods for middle school English Language Arts classes as well as high school English classes and the focus will be on teaching literature and reading, designing and evaluating effective writing assignments, exploring the teaching of critical thinking in the English classroom, understanding the role of grammar in writing instruction, implementing literature circles, and utilizing various reading and writing strategies, and integrating new and emerging technologies to enhance student learning. During the course students will write lessons and unit plans, videotape at least one lesson, become familiar with state and national standards and will join a professional organization. The field component (ten hours) of the class is designed to give students observation time with in-service teachers and to review best practices for teaching English as demonstrated in actual classroom settings.
Prerequisite:
EDUC 101,
EDUC 102,
EDUC 201, AND
EDUC 202