November 16-19
NCTE 2023
Columbus OH
The Two Traditions: Connecting with the History of Literature Instruction (W.14)
Audience: Secondary, Teacher Education, Research. Thursday, November 16, 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Strand: ELATE
This workshop, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), introduces NCTE members to “Making the Good Reader and Citizen: The History of Literature Instruction in American Schools,” an NEH summer program for teachers. Participants will frame today’s practices and issues in light of competing 20th century traditions of student-centered and text-centered literature pedagogy.
Presenters: Joy Bacon, Casey Andrews, Andrew Newman, Jonna Perrillo.
January 4-7
MLA 2024
Philadelphia PA
Reviving Response: Supporting Secondary Literature Teachers through Our Scholarship and Teaching
Andrew Newman (Stony Brook U, State U of New York)
Jonna Perrillo (U of Texas, El Paso)
Led by the directors of a 2023 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers on the history of literature instruction, this workshop guides higher education faculty members in supporting and collaborating with high school ELA teachers to revive reader response, an endeavor critical to our common goals amid the increasing marginalization of English and the humanities.
Archive
Wednesday, July 19, 5:30 pm Eastern
Public Lecture (zoom)
Lauren Leigh Kelly
Associate Professor of Urban Teacher Education Learning & Teaching, Rutgers Graduate School of Education
Monsters in Society: Developing Critical SociohistoricalLiteracies in English Language Arts
Wednesday, July 12, 5:30 pm Eastern
Public Lecture (zoom)
Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman
Judy and Howard Berkowitz Professor in Education
University of Pennsylvania
“You Can’t Say That”: Censoring Teachers from Horace Mann to Critical Race Theory
