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Course Description

This course is designed to prepare candidates with the objectives, content, methods and knowledge necessary to teach English in today's secondary classrooms in middle and high schools, with a focus on argument writing. Developmentally appropriate practices and theories will be discussed and modeled. Course content, strategies, and dispositions are consistent with literacy research, adolescent development, best practice pedagogy, and content and professional standards appropriate for English language arts candidate preparation. Candidates will design a range of learning experiences for their students consistent with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Common Core standards (PACC) and NCTE/IRA Standards for the English Language Arts, with a focus on the construction of nuanced academic argument. Candidates will engage with constructivist learning practices that center on collaboration, authentic learning, critical reflective practice, ongoing assessment, instructor coaching, and peer review.
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