ENGL 502 - Teaching Writing: Theories and Practices

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
The course provides prospective teachers of the English language arts with theories and practices governing effective teaching of writing in elementary, middle-school and high school classrooms. A field experience in an area public school classroom allows teachers and teacher candidates to design and teach lessons and to conduct writing workshops. Students will complete a field research project that investigates and applies composition theory to some area of their teaching.