With Plymouth State’s master’s degree in English Education, you can specialize your degree in the teaching of writing. While working with your own writing in various genres, you’ll also learn how to run writing workshops, publish student work, and improve the use of literature in the writing classroom. Discover ways to enhance your techniques for teaching writing skills and develop your approach to teaching creative writing. This program will prepare you for a variety of careers, including classroom teacher, writing specialist, and professional writer.
- Master’s Core Component – 9 credits
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3Seeks to examine the manner in which the behavior, feelings, or thoughts of one individual are influenced by the behavior or characteristics of others. Topics to be considered include social perception, attitudes, gender, social cognition, conflict, social influence, intercultural awareness, prejudice, discrimination, aggression, and group behavior. Fall, spring, and summer.
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3This course will provide an in-depth study of the social/cultural basis of behavior and examine the role of mythology as a vehicle for intrapersonal and interpersonal understanding. The major theoretical, empirical, and applied lines of work in the following topics in contemporary social psychology will be explored, including social cognition, interpersonal perception, attitudes, stereotyping and prejudice, the self, and interpersonal and group relations. Mythology will be employed as a mechanism for cross-cultural comparison and as a unifying construct to enhance multicultural understanding.
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3A study of the historical, philosophical, and social-philosophic foundations of education. Emphasis is placed upon the ideas of the classical, medieval, Enlightenment, and post-Enlightenment periods that have influenced types of American educational systems relative to their mission and purpose. Analysis of how these systems have defined ethics and the characteristics of the virtuous person.
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3EN 5000 Teacher Action ResearchThis course is designed to provide a background in qualitative classroom-based research. Students design a research project in which they find and frame a research question that they will investigate through interview, observations, participant observations and/or analysis of artifacts. They will write up and present the results of this limited study.
- English Component – 3 credits
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3EN 5630 Writing Workshop for TeachersStructure and implementation of classroom writing workshops, including conferences and portfolio assessment. Students will study writing process history and theory, and work with their own writing. They will create a personal literature anthology exploring their relationship to various literary genres. Analysis of student writing samples, evaluation criteria for writing and their implication for teaching will be discussed.
- Two Literature Courses – 6 credits
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3EN 5500 Topics in Teaching LiteratureVarious topics in literature at the graduate level, not covered in other English courses. May be repeated with different topics.
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3Alternative EN courses
- Elective English and Writing Courses – 12 credits
With your advisor, you’ll choose 12 credits of electives appropriate for your program of study.
- Capstone Experience – 3-6 credits
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ED 5210 Graduate PracticumA supervised practicum experience in one of several cooperating institutions or agencies in New Hampshire. The purpose is to gain meaningful work experience through applying knowledge learned in previous course work to the on-the-job situation. Commitment includes a negotiated number of hours per week and participation in seminars. Supervision is by the institution or agency concerned, and by Plymouth faculty. Students anticipating more than three hours of credit should confer early in their program with the department chair to free up sufficient blocks of time. Permission of advisor, department chair and Associate Vice President is required.
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ED 5580 Individual Research in EducationA research project that requires students to demonstrate the ability to synthesize salient elements from the core, professional and specialty areas. In essence, the student's research should be the natural result of the focus and direction of planned study. The project should emanate from the area of specialization and incorporate relevant concepts learned through coursework and experience. Using sound research practices, a student should illustrate ability to interpret, reflect, summarize and conclude. The written product of this effort will be defended in a seminar before faculty and the student's peers. Students should contact the advisor to plan for this project. Topic approval is needed from the advisor and the Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies. Offered according to demand.
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ED 5950 Graduate ThesisStudents select a topic for study in consultation with their program advisor and related faculty. A time-line, thesis publication and defense are outlined. Three copies of the thesis must be submitted with a bound copy that remains on file in the College of Graduate Studies office.
- Total for MEd in English Education, Teaching of Writing Concentration – 33-36 credits
Please note: The majority of the specialization courses are offered in the summer, although at least one will be offered in both the fall and the spring terms. You will be able to obtain secondary English certification with this program after a thorough evaluation of your undergraduate transcripts and consultation with your advisor. You may participate in course and workshop offerings sponsored by the Plymouth Writing Project.
Getting started is easy!
Apply today or request more info.To begin planning your program, contact:
- Meg Petersen, (603) 535-2684 or e-mail: megp@plymouth.edu
