Universität Wien

120031 AR Literature Course (interactive) 323/324 (2011S)

Teachers' Stories - Stories for Teaching

1.50 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 24 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.03. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 15.03. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 22.03. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 29.03. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 05.04. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 12.04. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 03.05. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 10.05. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 17.05. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 24.05. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 31.05. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 07.06. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 21.06. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 28.06. 12:00 - 13:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Contents: The course is primarily intended for (advanced) students of "Unterrichtsfach Englisch" (UFE). It will offer a selection of short stories of the 20th and 21st centuries (by British, American and Irish writers) featuring teachers as main characters in both class-room situations and/or in their private lives. In their interaction with pupils these pedagogues - including teachers of primary-, grammar- and comprehensive-schools as well as university colleges and driving schools - employ diverse methods, including unconventional and controversial ones. Some of the teachers are shown to have character traits that would seem to conflict with the general notion of a "role model". Students are encouraged to assess critically the didactic skills and class-room situations portrayed and to consider if or why the stories under discussion might also be suitable for teaching in the EFL (grammar-school) class-room. Despite the course's obvious focus on pedagogical issues, however, it is also conceived as a course within literary studies; hence the literary aspects (on both the "story level" and the "discourse level", in particular narratology and its function) will likewise be considered.

Assessment and permitted materials

Requirements: Regular attendance; active participation in all the discussions in class; one presentation per participant (PPT, max. 15 mins per speaker); final essay (400 words+) to be written in class, which requires in-depth knowledge of all the primary texts and of the topics discussed during the semester.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Aims: To familiarize students with "virtual" class-room situations and potential role-models in view of their professional career; to advance their theoretical knowledge in pedagogy and teaching methodologies; to provide future teachers of English with teaching materials; to deepen their skills in the literary analysis of short fiction; to enhance students' proficiency in oral and written English; to further develop students' teaching- and IT-presentation skills.

Examination topics

Methods: Interactive, computer-aided teaching with students' presentations (individuals or small groups) combined with plenum discussions. (The use of the e-learning platform "Fronter" is being considered).

Reading list

Texts: A "Reader" containing the short stories dealt with during the semester can be purchased at the Copy-Studio (Schwarzspanierstraße 10) from 2 March, 2011.

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344;
Code/Modul: 323, 324, 323-325;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0038

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