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Finding Student Voice: Teaching As Rhetorical Act, Kari Mann
Finding Student Voice: Teaching As Rhetorical Act, Kari Mann
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
This portfolio represents my work in the field of composition and rhetoric. Though the writing in this portfolio spans many subjects, it is firmly grounded in my teaching practice.
The Teaching Of Writing: Methods, Resources, Plans, And Analysis, Katelyn Knochenmus
The Teaching Of Writing: Methods, Resources, Plans, And Analysis, Katelyn Knochenmus
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
As a culminating project for an MA in English on the individualized track, this portfolio is woven together with the theme of composition instruction. Beginning with a wide scope, the first selection is a reflective overview of writing instruction methods. The second piece in the portfolio, an annotated bibliography, offers many resources for teachers and tutors to better reach reluctant writers in particular. A unit plan for creating dynamic sentence variety through the use of grammar as a tool is the third selection. Lastly, the portfolio concludes with a narrower analysis related to one particular aspect of teaching writing: the …
Nailing Jell-O To A Tree, Jayson Lozier
Nailing Jell-O To A Tree, Jayson Lozier
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
This portfolio contains papers addressing writing instruction, women's studies, queer theory, and literary analysis. “Mr. L 2.0 or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love English Composition” details the implementation of more effective techniques to teach writing in the secondary English classroom. “Educating Women in Afghanistan: Power, Revolution, and Rebellion” examines the feminist struggles around education and the efforts of the Afghan Institute of Learning to bring about change. “Out of the Closet and into the Classroom: Introducing Queer Reading Strategies to the Secondary English Classroom” examines the importance of queer theory and queer reading techniques in high school …
Philosophy And Actions For Authentic, Meaningful, And Lifelong Learning, Anthony Klever
Philosophy And Actions For Authentic, Meaningful, And Lifelong Learning, Anthony Klever
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
This portfolio explores several major areas of education related to English teaching. A major research essay, “Incomplete Instructions: Building the Future of Technical Writing in Ohio Education”, explores the current situation and prospective future of technical writing in the state of Ohio’s education system. Also, a reflective essay, “Reflective Narrative: My Journey as a Student and My Map for Teaching”, explores the many elements of teaching philosophy with particular attention to English teaching. Another research essay, “Meaningful Revision: Revise for a Day, Teach Revision for a Lifetime”, explores the function of revision and offers suggestions for increasing the meaningfulness …
Teaching English Language Arts: Implementing A Project-Based Learning Approach, Nashwa Elkoshairi
Teaching English Language Arts: Implementing A Project-Based Learning Approach, Nashwa Elkoshairi
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
Teaching English Language Arts: Implementing a Project-Based Learning Approach
Abstract
This portfolio includes four projects that are woven together to explore topics in teaching literature and composition using a project-based learning pedagogy. The first project, “Literature & Social Cognition: Why Read Fiction?” sets the groundwork for the importance of literature in academia through a brief analysis of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The second project, “Grappling with Consumerism by Tapping into Freud’s Uncanny: Using Coraline for a PBL Approach” explores Coraline through the critical lenses of the uncanny and Marxism to guide students through a variety of texts including …
Innovation In Education: Renewed Perspectives Through Writer’S Conferences, Literary Theory, Supplements To The Western Literary Canon, And Representations Of Fiction Through Film, Elizabeth Dubois
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
Education requires constant reevaluation and reflection, and this portfolio is Elizabeth DuBois’s final portfolio for a Master’s of Arts in English that demonstrates reflection and reevaluation of secondary English education. It includes a framing narrative that establishes the significance of the writing projects included within the portfolio. The four revised pieces demonstrate renewed perspectives regarding education. Education requires constant reevaluation and reflection. This portfolio demonstrates that process of reflecting on pedagogy and reevaluating it in order to best serve students. Writer’s conferences, literary theory, multicultural literature, and film representations of fiction are all aspects of high school pedagogy that I …
There Is No "Right Answer:" Teaching As Exploration, Dawson Zimmerman
There Is No "Right Answer:" Teaching As Exploration, Dawson Zimmerman
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
A Final Portfolio Submitted to the English Department of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the field of English with a specialization in English Teaching.