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My Search For The Meaning Behind My Teaching, Jennifer Giangrego
My Search For The Meaning Behind My Teaching, Jennifer Giangrego
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
This portfolio addresses one instructor's journey in aligning theory with practice in the composition classroom.
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 …