English EducationEnglish Education

Undergraduate LicensureUndergraduate Licensure

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Graduate Degree ProgramsGraduate Degree Programs

Program FacultyProgram Faculty

Tara Johnson Assistant Professor Department of English Ph.D., University of

Georgia, 2005

Interests: The intersections among race, class, gender, and sexuality in education; teacher-student relationships; poststructural feminism in qualitative research.

Program FacultyProgram Faculty

Christian Knoeller Associate Professor English and Curriculum &

Instruction Ph.D., University of

California at Berkeley, 1993 Interests: Teaching

literature & creative writing, American poetry, contemporary Native American writers, Thoreau’s reading of American history

Program FacultyProgram Faculty

Janet Alsup Associate Professor, English and Curriculum &

Instruction Ph.D., University of

Missouri-Columbia, 2000 Interests: Teacher identity;

teaching composition, literature, & cultural studies in schools; qualitative & narrative research methods in English education, and young adult literature

Program FacultyProgram Faculty

Melanie Shoffner Assistant Professor Department of English Ph.D., University of North

Carolina – Chapel Hill, 2006

Interests: English Teaching; teacher education; reflective practice; qualitative research

Undergraduate ProgramUndergraduate ProgramEnglish Teaching MajorEnglish Teaching Major

Prepares students to be middle and high school English teachers licensed to teach in Indiana. Students are enrolled in CLA.

Includes courses from the College of Education's Department of Curriculum & Instruction as well as courses from the English Department in CLA. Students earn a degree in English.

Additional Licensure ProgramsAdditional Licensure Programs

Transition to Teaching Program (TTT)

Post-baccalaureate licensure

Graduate DegreesGraduate DegreesIn English EducationIn English Education

MsEd Degree / C & I / Literacy & LanguageEmphasis in English Education

Ph.D. Degree / C & I / Literacy & LanguageEmphasis in English Education

Ph.D. Secondary Area / CLA / EnglishSpecialization in English Education

Undergraduate CurriculumUndergraduate Curriculum Professional Courses Professional Courses

EDCI 205 Exploring Teaching as a Career EDCI 205 Exploring Teaching as a Career EDCI 285 Multiculturalism and Education EDCI 285 Multiculturalism and Education EDCI 270 Introduction to Educational Technology EDCI 270 Introduction to Educational Technology

EDPS 235 Learning and Motivation EDPS 235 Learning and Motivation EDPS 265 The Inclusive Classroom EDPS 265 The Inclusive Classroom EDST 200 History and Philosophy of Education EDST 200 History and Philosophy of Education

Undergraduate CurriculumUndergraduate CurriculumContent-Specific PedagogyContent-Specific Pedagogy

ENGL 391 Composition for English TeachersENGL 391 Composition for English Teachers ENGL 492 Literature in Secondary SchoolsENGL 492 Literature in Secondary Schools

EDCI 422 Teaching English / Secondary Schools EDCI 422 Teaching English / Secondary Schools

EDCI 434 Teaching English / Middle SchoolsEDCI 434 Teaching English / Middle Schools EDCI 498 Supervised TeachingEDCI 498 Supervised Teaching

Undergraduate CurriculumUndergraduate CurriculumAdvanced Field ExperiencesAdvanced Field Experiences

EDCI 422 Teaching English / Secondary Schools

10 Weeks / 20 Hours / Action Research

EDCI 434 Teaching English / Middle Schools

5 Weeks / 10 Hours

EDCI 498 Supervised Teaching

10 Weeks / Full-time Student Teaching

Graduate Curriculum (MsEd)Graduate Curriculum (MsEd)Literacy & Language CoreLiteracy & Language Core

EDPS 530EDPS 530 Advanced Educational Psychology Advanced Educational Psychology

EDCI 580EDCI 580 Curriculum / Philosophy of Education Curriculum / Philosophy of Education

EDCI 585EDCI 585 Multicultural Education/ DiversityMulticultural Education/ Diversity

EDPS 533EDPS 533 Introduction to Educational Research Introduction to Educational Research

EDCI 500EDCI 500 Foundations of Literacy & LanguageFoundations of Literacy & Language

Graduate Curriculum (MsEd)Graduate Curriculum (MsEd)Secondary English EducationSecondary English Education

Twelve “theme-related” credit hours such as these:

EDCI 502 Reading in Middle & Secondary School EDCI 509 The Process Approach to Writing EDCI 526 Language Study for Educators EDCI 524 Bilingual/Bicultural Education EDCI 574 Studies in Young Adult Literature EDCI 613 Seminar in English Language Arts* EDCI 632 Seminar in Genre Studies

* Note: EDCI 613 can be taken for credit repeatedly* Note: EDCI 613 can be taken for credit repeatedly

Undergraduate EnrollmentUndergraduate Enrollment

Program enrollment peaked at over 200 secondary Program enrollment peaked at over 200 secondary English teaching majorsEnglish teaching majors

Enrollment management plan to reduce under-Enrollment management plan to reduce under-grad majors by 20-25% over 5 yearsgrad majors by 20-25% over 5 years

(undergraduate enrollment is presently 158)(undergraduate enrollment is presently 158)

Current Program InitiativesCurrent Program Initiatives

INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL

Study Abroad Program in English Study Abroad Program in English Education to offer core content pedagogy Education to offer core content pedagogy courses ENGL 391 & ENGL 492 in London courses ENGL 391 & ENGL 492 in London (Sponsored by a Purdue SAIL grant)(Sponsored by a Purdue SAIL grant)

Growing the Graduate ProgramGrowing the Graduate Program