English Methods.com
A great variety of books are available for English methods instruction and can serve as textbooks and supplimental materials.
More than ten years ago Professor Peter Smagorinsky published a study of English education methods courses, How English Teachers Get Taught. While in some ways dated, this book remains an important resource. This website seeks to extend and develop materials in Smagorinsky's book, as well as serve as a portal to a wide variety of on-line resources.
The CEE Commission on English Methods Teaching and Learning is a group of CEE members dedicated to improving teaching in English education methods courses.
On Monday following the NCTE convention the CEE sponsors a day-long workshop on teaching methods courses.
Some recommendations for textbooks for methods courses, general or focused on teaching literature:
Critical Encounters in High School English Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents The English Teacher's Companion A Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession Exploring and Teaching the English Language Arts How Porcupines Make Love III: Readers, Texts, and Cultures in the Response-Based Literature Classroom Language and Reflection: An Integrated Approach to Teaching English The Literature Workshop: Teaching Texts and Their Readers Literature and Lives: A Response-Based, Cultural Studies Approach to Teaching Literature Literature and the Web: Reading and Responding with New Technologies Making the Journey: On Being and Becoming a Teacher The Reading Zone: How to Help Kids Become Skilled, Passionate, Habitual, and Critical Readers Teaching Literature to Adolescents Teaching Literature in the Secondary School Weaving in the Women Transforming the High School English Curriculum You Gotta BE the Book: Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading with Adolescents |
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