Paying for college:
| New course | 400/500 course |
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| Course Prefix&Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| Eng 465/565 | Teaching Literature | 4 - |
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Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Tchg Literature |
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Catalog Description: An introduction to the theory and practice of teaching literature at the secondary/early college level, including national and Oregon standards, constructing coherent units of literary study and assessments,and professional resources. Pre-req.: Eng 218 and one upper-division literature course. |
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Course Goal and Objectives: ¿ Acquaint students/pre-service teachers with the national and Oregon standards and Common Curriculum Goals that relate to reading, literacy, and literary instruction, helping them to design literature instruction that addresses multiple standards and meets the needs of the students ¿ Develop theoretical background knowledge on which to base literature instruction, primarily literary theory (a further exploration of reader-response theory in particular) but also pedagogical theory [however, this is not an Education course, and students will not meet with the full range of pedagogical methods that they will in such a course] ¿ Provide practice with a variety of unit-construction options, from initial pre-reading ideas through final projects for summative assessment ¿ Introduce students to excellent young adult literature, and provide a brief bibliography to build future reading selections on ¿ Introduce students to journals in the field that can advance professional development, and provide a beginners¿ annotated bibliography of sources to draw on ¿ Provide a venue for students to explore, exchange ideas, and build toward a professional collaborative development of literature instruction, creating a base for students to build a professional identity |
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Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): This course parallels the Teaching Writing course that our department offers; the course will be relevant for students planning to teach at the middle school, high school, or early college level. |
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Faculty and facilities needed: none new |
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Brief Course outline: see attached syllabus |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
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| 1 - Department | David Hargreaves | Approved | October 22 2009 |
| 2 - Division | Carol Harding | Approved | October 22 2009 |
| 3 - Division Curriculum | Uma Shrestha | Approved | October 29 2009 |
| 5 - Graduate Committee | Mary Bucy | Rejected | January 18 2010 |
| 5 - Curriculum Committee | Laurie Burton | Rejected | December 09 2009 |
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Comments: The committee, in collaboration with Carol Harding, agreed to reject this proposal and approve the same proposal with an updated syllabus that clearly indicates graduate credit grading criterion.Laurie Burton, CC Chair 2009.2010 |
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| 6 - Faculty Senate | Katherine Schmidt | Approved | January 22 2010 |
| 7 - Dean | Stephen Scheck | Approved | January 24 2010 |
| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | February 18 2010 |
| Teaching Lit syll.doc | Download |
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