Teaching

Pedagogy Course

Visit the graduate catalog to read the Literature Teaching Practicum (LAE 6389) course description.

Content Objectives

Students will be taught the following:

• Methods specific to the instruction of literary genres including poetry, fiction, drama, creative nonfiction, and graphic narrative
• Active-learning techniques for teaching literature, including discussion, lecture, the use of technology, and the use of multimedia
• Strategies to implement diversity in literature content and analysis
• Concepts of universal design to incorporate in assignments and forms of assessment

Student Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to do the following:

• Create a literature teaching unit with effective documents including a syllabus, assignments, assessments, and student resources
• Organize literature courses with objectives and outcomes specific to level, scope (survey/topic, etc.), and function (requirement/elective, etc.)
• Demonstrate various teaching methods, including lecture, discussion lead, and group work management
• Model teacher professionalism and ethics in various teaching situations