ED/EN 3051 We Do English

The aim of Teaching English in the Intermediate/Senior Division is to provide foundations for critical reading, interpretation, and textual production – engaging diverse texts, genres, and media forms (including the digital) – to support your future teaching practice. By situationally engaging these practices in this course, the aim is for you to critically reflect upon what and how you learn as you perform and ‘do’ interpretative and literary practices, so you might in turn, as English teachers, support more purposeful student engagement, deep learning, and meaningful creative agency within the 21^st Century English classroom. At the same time, we will explore theories to help candidates develop a rationale for their own teaching practice (why teach/learn English? why does English matter today?), as well as forge critical links between theory, vital learning practices, and Ontario Curriculum frameworks.