Critical Studies in Literacy and Pedagogy - Michigan State University

Critical Studies in Literacy and Pedagogy from Michigan State University is a Campus Master Teaching degree that prepares you for a Education career. The Master of Arts degree program in critical studies in literacy and pedagogy is designed for teachers of secondary English language arts or college writing who seek advanced content-based professional preparation in composition and rhetoric, or English education , or for students planning to pursue advanced graduate study in doctoral programs in these areas. The goal of the program is to prepare teachers and researchers in the field of composition and rhetoric, or English education. The program emphasizes the teaching and learning of language and literacy in multiple contexts and multiple modes, including print, digital, and visual, as well as research in these areas. Central to the program's emphasis is the critical examination of ethnicity and multiculturalism as they apply to the teaching of literacy; the democratization of the classroom; the role of language and schooling in society at-large; and the politics of language, literacy, and culture. The program is available with two concentration areas: The Composition and Rhetoric concentration is specifically designed for individuals who wish to teach English or writing at the college level with a principal focus on writing, literacy, and language or who plan to go on to advanced graduate study in writing and rhetoric studies. The English Education concentration is specifically designed for recently certified teachers of secondary English who wish to pursue their continuing certification course work in a master's degree focusing on issues of disciplinary knowledge, methodology, and pedagogy, or for those who wish to go on to advanced graduate study in English education. This concentration provides middle and secondary English teachers with opportunities to directly address subject-specific pedagogical interests and needs. Its content meets the guidelines as set forth by the National Council of Teachers of English for academic and professional studies in English language arts education . View more details on Michigan State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Teaching courses.