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Nature of course request C00365 :

New course

400/500 course

First term offered :
Course Prefix&Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
Eng 465/565	Teaching Literature	4 -

Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Teaching Lit

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.

Course Goal and Objectives: ¿ Acquaint pre-service teachers at the college/secondary levels with the national and Oregon standards and Common Curriculum Goals that relate to literature instruction, helping them to design instruction that addresses multiple standards and meets the needs of the students ¿ Develop strong 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 ¿ Briefly introduce students to excellent young adult literature, and provide a short bibliography to build future reading selections on ¿ Introduce students to journals in the field at their teaching level 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

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 secondary school or early college level.

Faculty and facilities needed: none new

Brief Course outline: see attached syllabus -- NOTE: this is an updated submission based on curriculum and graduate committee requests.

Approval Queue C00365

Attached Files:

Teaching Lit Curr.doc

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