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English and Literature Courses for Teachers
Learning the Meanings of Words
Course #: EDUC_712I
Learning a first language is a complex process which requires the learner to use many pre-existing cognitive and psychological abilities. ...
CREDITS: 2
The Nightmare of Reason/Logic of Madness in Poe
Course #: EDUC_714W
This course examines selected short stories from Edgar Allan Poe's oeuvre, as well as his novella, The Narrative of A. ...
CREDITS: 3
Teaching Shakespeare to Children and Young Adults
Course #: EDUC_714F
This course examines different concrete pedagogical approaches and philosophies for teaching Shakespeare to grades K-5 through K-12. How, for example, ...
CREDITS: 3
Making Poetry Relevant to Students
Course #: EDUC_715H
This course explores various ways to effectively teach poetry and create lessons that can engage students. It will also analyze ...
CREDITS: 3
Supporting Newcomer English Language Learners
Course #: EDUC_719M
Imagine being a teen or preteen who has just moved to a new country. You walk into your new school, ...
CREDITS: 3
Wrangling for Readable Writing
Course #: EDUC_717P
Good writing conveys ideas from the brain of one person to the brain of another person efficiently, accurately, and often ...
CREDITS: 3
Woolf and Winterson: Rewriting Gender, History and Love
Course #: EDUC_713S
This course examines Virginia Woolf's novel, Orlando (1928) and Jeanette Winterson's novel, Written on the Body (1992) in terms of ...
CREDITS: 3
Punctilious Punctuation
Course #: EDUC_713D
Punctuation is the set of signals that give meaning to strings of words. Incorrect punctuation often has unintended consequences, ranging ...
CREDITS: 2
Teaching the Short Story: Principles and Applications
Course #: EDUC_714X
This course examines selected short stories spanning a range of authors—from Chekov, Maupassant, and Joyce, through Woolf, Hemingway, and Updike, ...
CREDITS: 3
A Crisis of Imagination in American High Schools
Course #: EDUC_714H
This course examines Theodore Sizer's celebrated education classic, Horace's Compromise, from a teacher's perspective. Students will weigh Sizer's description of ...
CREDITS: 3