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| Semester: | Fall 2020 |
| Number: | 0122-638-001 |
| Instructor: | Judith Baumel |
| Days: | Tuesday 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
| Note: | Online, Both synchronous and asynchronous |
| Location: | Online |
| Credits: | 4 |
| Notes: |
For Mfa Students Only Entirely Remote Through A Synchronous Zoom |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
This course explores history, theory, and practice of teaching rhetoric and writing, particularly in colleges and universities in the United States since the Mid-19th Century. We will consider cultural and ideological pressures that have shaped history, impact of such pressures on actual classroom practice, and current state of the discipline. |
| Learning Goals: |
Course OutcomesStudents will demonstrate, through the execution of exercises and practice sessions, the skills necessary to teach an introductory course in creative writing.MethodsStudents will lead discussions, give several short reports, and teach a variety of lessons to the class. Students will complete several syllabi and design a one-semester writing course, which will include a syllabus, a set of exercises, a grading policy, and sample lesson plans.This course explores history, theory, and practice of teaching rhetoric and writing, particularly in colleges and universities in the United States since the Mid-19th Century. We will consider cultural and ideological pressures that have shaped history, impact of such pressures on actual classroom practice, and current state of the discipline. A practical study of the teaching of creative writing and composition, students will focus on teaching methods and exercises suitable for beginning and intermediate university writing classes. We will discuss the assumptions that underlie the writing classroom, consider classroom management strategies, look at some exercises for beginning students, invent our own exercises, critique recent creative writing handbooks, and do some practice teaching. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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