TE994

=TE 994 - Practicum in Teaching= =English Teacher Education= //**(Section 13)**// Fall 2008-Spring 2009 Meets Wednesday, 1-3pm in EH 212 on 9/24, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, 12/3, 12/17 (these dates are arranged to avoid conflict with Field Instruction's 994) Instructor: Michael Sherry | (734)255-3241 sherrymi@msu.edu | [|http://www.msu.edu/~sherrymi] ||
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 * Rationale
 * Weekly agenda
 * Resources

Why this course? (back to top)
"Because Shift Happens" is the theme of this year's annual convention of the National Council for Teachers of English. In her invitation to the convention, President Kylene Beers notes the various shifts--cultural, political, technological--in the way communication, and the teaching of English Language Arts, has been constructed at the beginning of the 21st century. It is the age of multiple literacies, of Reading First, and of Web 2.0. As if this weren't enough to deal with, instructors in the English Education program at MSU are often teachers who have decided to become doctoral students, readers/writers who have chosen to study the process of reading/writing, and secondary school professionals now charged with preparing future English teachers. Situating oneself as an English Educator in this shifting field and in Michigan State's program requires exploring one's own beliefs and practices in relation to others, and to larger issues and trends in the field. || This section of TE 994 aims to prepare and support doctoral students in TE, WRAC, and English to teach in English teacher preparation programs in colleges and universities, including the program at MSU. The course is an essential experience for those wishing to become qualified to teach–or who are for the first time teaching--in the English education program at MSU (TE 407/408, TE 802/804, TE 501/502 [field instruction], ENG 313/408). This course may also provide support for those who would like to work on a self-selected practicum or other scholarly project in the area of English education or English teacher education. ||< media type="youtube" key="pMcfrLYDm2U&hl=en&fs=1" height="249" width="307" "Shift Happens," by Karl Fish and Scott McLeod, inspired President Kylene Beers' choice for the NCTE Annual Convention theme. Click above to watch. || Students enrolled in the class will develop two projects related to teaching English education: 1. personal reflection on teaching artifact (such as teaching notebook, annotated syllabus, teaching website, teacher research project or publication, or teaching portfolio); 2. discussion/presentation with/for the class about a key text in English education.
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How do I enroll? (back to top)
Students need to fill out a 994 form to enroll for this course and may enroll for 1 to 3 credits (contact Mary Juzwik about how to do this). For 1 credit, students need to attend at least 5 meetings; for 2 credits, 10 meetings; for 3 credits, all course meetings. Similarly, students enrolled for 3 credits will be expected to complete all of the course projects; those enrolled for 2 credits, only some of the course projects, etc. Since the course goes all year, students may enroll in either Fall 2008 or Spring 2009. ||< ||

Weekly agenda (back to top)
Guest: Ann Lawrence, The Writing Center || __What people, contexts, techniques, theories, and tools have shaped your teaching?__ Pedagogical Traditions Maps (PTMs) Carlin's PTM Jackie's PTM Mary's PTM Melissa's PTM Introductions Goals of the course 1. How does your English ed teaching fit into the program at MSU (see, for example, http://msuenglished.wikispaces.com/engedoverview)? 2. How does your English ed teaching fit into larger issues and trends in the field (see, for example, [|http://www.ncte.org/cee/positions])? || Guest: Cathleen Clara, TE 302 course coordinator || __How does TE 302 compare to the English ed program at MSU? to larger issues and trends in the field?__ TE 302 syllabus and goals [|Situating literacies] (e.g., literacy, critical literacy, adolescent literacy, content-area literacy) in relation to English education || Guest: Kelly Merritt, TE 407/8 || __How is video being used in the English ed program at MSU? with regard to larger issues and trends in the field?__ Mary's introduction Carlin's discussion video Kelly's article [|Situating video in English education] || Carlin: Jackie: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/newteacher/NTFired.shtml Melissa: Burron2006Controversy Mike:
 * **Date** || **Topic and related media** ||
 * 09/24 (back to top)
 * 10/08 (back to top)
 * 10/22 (back to top)
 * 11/05 (back to top) || __How do teachers (learn to) lead discussions on controversial issues?__

[|Situating controversial discussions in English education] || __[|Discussion] of the tension between idealism and realism in EE at MSU__ || Excerpts from Ernest Morrell's book [|Histories of Critical Literacy and Literary Theory] || [|Decide what to read from Carol Lee's Culture, Literacy, and Learning] [|What's going on in your teaching?] || Carlin's ppt Mike's data excerpts Jackie's ppt Melissa's notes || [|Excerpts from Vygotsky's //Mind in Society// (1978)] Carlin reads: [|Grossman, Smagorinsky, and Valencia's (1999) "Appropriating tools for teaching English"] Jackie reads: [|Excerpts from Wertsch's (1985) //Vygotsky and the Social Formation of Mind//] Melissa reads: [|Excerpts from Rogoff (1990) //Apprenticeship in Thinking// and (2003) //Cultural Nature of Human Development//] || [|NPR report on "Teaching to the test"] || Read Dyson Ch. 1 - Carlin [|Ch. 2 - Jackie] [|Ch. 3 - Melissa] || Read Bakhtin (choose one): On Speech Genres On Heteroglossia [|Obama's victory speech] | [|Commentary] | [|Response] On Ideological Becoming
 * 11/19 (back to top) || Melissa at NCTE
 * 12/03 (back to top) || __Community involvement in English Education at MSU and beyond?__
 * ==Winter break== ||
 * 01/28 (back to top) || Set semester goals: What questions/guests/collaborative projects should we address?
 * 02/18 (back to top) || Carlin leads discussion about Carol Lee excerpt
 * 02/25 (back to top) || Everyone reads:
 * 03/04 (back to top) || Attend teacher quality lecture
 * 03/25 (back to top) || Read Nystrand ||
 * 04/08 (back to top) || [|Animal School]
 * 04/15 (back to top) || AERA ||
 * 04/22 (back to top) || All read Morson and Emerson's Definitions of 3 Kinds of Dialogism (coming soon)

Teaching artifact presentations || Teaching artifact presentations ||
 * 04/29 (back to top) || Read Bakhtin

Resources (back to top)
Mapping scholarly traditions - Lawrence, A. (2006). //Navigating the Ph.D. Workshop//. Michigan State University
 * [|C-Map tools]
 * [|Protopage]
 * [|Webnote]
 * [|Web of science]
 * Deriving a "Scholarly Traditions Map" from a syllabus (http://www.protopage.com/smyslweb)

Online videos of ELA teaching
 * Annenberg video collection ([|http://www.learner.org/about/ aboutus.html]) - High-quality, professionally-recorded video, including middle and high school ELA topics related to literature, grammar, and writing instruction. Brief clips of teaching are interwoven with commentary by teachers, educational researchers, authors, etc. Produced by a foundation dedicated to helping "teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods."
 * Apple Learning Interchange - National Board Professional Teaching Standards ([|http://newali.apple.com/ali_ sites/ali/exhibits/1000328]) - Professionally-recorded videos of "expert" teachers in various disciplines (including ELA). "Minimally edited" videos of "digital edge" teaching are presented with commentary by the teachers themselves, as well as third-person perspectives. Meant to "open classroom doors" and "show accomplished teachers in action."
 * Carnegie Gallery of Teaching and Learning ( [|http://gallery. carnegiefoundation.org/index. php] ) - Professionally-recorded video "exhibits" of expert teachers in various disciplines (including ELA). Exhibits constructed by researchers and teacher educators often include video clips with materials and commentary supplied by the teacher. "The carefully crafted and vetted work of numerous participants of Carnegie Foundation programs and partners provides examples for individuals, projects, departments, institutions, communities of practice, and for the simply curious."
 * Teacher Tube ([|http://www.teachertube.com/ about.php]) - Like YouTube, a "folksonomy" of low-quality, amateur videos of teaching and teacher tools for all disciplines (including ELA). Videos are usually presented "as is," and then "tagged" by the author and others with various keywords to create emergent, searchable categories and help "teachers, students, and schools utilize the power of the read/write web for learning.

Online video of 2008 Presidential Campaign Education debate media type="custom" key="2441519"

Leading discussions on controversial topics Tolerance.org website's resources for teachers http://www.tolerance.org/teach/

Article providing a framework for organizing discussions of controversial issues

Article describing a beginning teacher's thoughts on learning to address controversial issues http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/newteacher/NTFired.shtml

Website hosting (and mentioned in) the above article by Dawson-Salas www.rethinkingschools.org/newteacher

Critical Literacy