Course Description
Theoretical and philosophical approaches to education for secondary English Education teachers. Advanced professional consideration of the primary influence of theorizing and philosophy on teaching practice, both within and around the field of English Education.
Athena Title
Teachers as Theorists
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will be able to: • Analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the work of prominent theorists in the foundations of education, educational philosophy, and educational theory • Analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the work of prominent theorists in English Education, teacher education, and curriculum studies • Discuss the implications of theoretical and philosophical traditions on teacher orientations to schooling, knowledge, curriculum, and historical and ongoing movements in educational policy and practice, with an emphasis on English Education • Establish, through independent research and reading, and then demonstrate, through discussions and written products, specialized expertise in a particular philosophical or theoretical tradition related to English Education • Apply multiple theoretical and philosophical traditions to engage in argumentation and analysis around the production of teachers in the cultural, institutional, and popular milieus
Topical Outline
1. History of major philosophical movements (e.g., Common Schooling, Classicalism, etc.) as these have influenced American education and therefore influenced English Education 2. Outline of major developments in educational theory and philosophy through authors within and beyond English Education 3. Teaching as philosophical practice; obstacles to consideration of teaching as philosophical practice 4. The role of English Education as a home for the production of new educational theory led by practicing teachers
Syllabus
Public CV