Teaching Secondary English

<p>This new edition of <i>Teaching Secondary English</i> is thoroughly revised but its purpose has not changed. Like the popular first edition it balances content knowledge with methodology theory with practice and problem-posing with suggested solutions. The tone and format are inviting while addressing student-readers on a professional level. Rather than attempting to cover everything the text provides a framework and materials for teaching a secondary English methods course while allowing considerable choice for the instructor. The focus is on teaching literature writing and language--the basics of the profession. Attention is given to the issues that arise as one seeks to explore what it means to teach English. The problems and tensions of becoming a teacher are discussed frankly in a manner that helps students figure out their own attitudes and solutions. <br><br><b>Features:</b><br> * Focuses on a few central concepts in the teaching of secondary English<br> * Provides an anthology of 22 readable and challenging essays on key topics--allowing students to hear a variety of voices and opinions<br> * Includes an applications section for each reading that extends the discussion and asks students to explore problems and grapple with important issues related to the articles <br> * Offers short writing assignments in questions that follow the readings and in brief writing tasks in the applications and a longer writing assignment at the end of each chapter <br> * Addresses student readers directly without talking down to them <br><br><b>New in the Second Edition:</b><br> * This edition is shorter tighter and easier to use. <br> * The opening and concluding chapters more directly address the concerns of new teachers. <br> * The anthology is substantially updated (of the 22 articles included 14 are new to this edition). <br> * Each essay is preceded by a brief introduction and followed by questions for further thought. <br> * There are fewer applications but these are more extensive and more fully integrated within the text. <br> * A writing assignment is provided at the end of each chapter. <br> * Interviews with college students--before and after student teaching--are included in Chapters 1 and 6. <br> * The bibliographies at the end of each chapter are fully updated.</p>