Relates story of how professors in English and history read a text differently -- like literally, they read in a different order and read different parts.
"Only by making our footsteps visible can we expect students to follow in them."
check it out: https://depts.washington.edu/gs630/Winter/Wineberg.pdf
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Doug Buehl on "Questioning the Author" Questioning Literary Fiction
How to use QtA for literary fiction
link here: https://www.winnipegsd.ca/schools/CollegeChurchill/StudentResources/examinfo/Documents/WEAC%20LiteraryFiction.pdf
link here: https://www.winnipegsd.ca/schools/CollegeChurchill/StudentResources/examinfo/Documents/WEAC%20LiteraryFiction.pdf
Illinois Professional Teaching Standards
"What do Professors REALLY Say About College Writing?" (English Journal 2011)
Key finding... "As a field, we naturally value... a wide range of writing assignments and genres: everything from stories, poems, and memoirs to newsletters, resumes, press releases, and more recently, digital stories, blogs, and wikis. However... we should... not underestimate the value of summary and critique, especially as a writing-to-learn strategy. (even though it may seem 'boring')."
read more: http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/EJ/1003-jan2011/EJ1003What.pdf
read more: http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/EJ/1003-jan2011/EJ1003What.pdf
Alfie Kohn "How to Create Nonreaders: Reflections on Motivation, Learning, and Sharing Power"
Excellent article published in English Journal in 2010 that argues for student choice. Clever and witty, the article connects research on motivation ("You can tap into their motivation, in other words, but you can't 'motivate them.'") and how teachers typically assign reading.
http://www.alfiekohn.org/article/create-nonreaders/
http://www.alfiekohn.org/article/create-nonreaders/
Barak Rosenshine "Principles of Instruction: Research Based Strategies That All Teachers Should Know"
This is from the AFT "American Educator" magazine in 2012. These 10 principles seem absolutely
current in 2015.
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/Rosenshine.pdf
current in 2015.
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/Rosenshine.pdf
Carol Jago "Crash! The Currency Crisis in American Culture"
In this article, Jago argues that we need to read literature, we need to write about literature, not just talk about it, and we need to teach literature that challenges.
No short-cuts, no meeting kids where they are comfortable.
This was for NCTE publication in 2009 when Jago was president-elect.
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Press/Jago_final.pdf
No short-cuts, no meeting kids where they are comfortable.
This was for NCTE publication in 2009 when Jago was president-elect.
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Press/Jago_final.pdf
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