Im MEd 60 SP nur für zukünftige Sek I Lehrkräfte mit Englisch als Hauptfach relevant. Im MEd 120 SP keine Einschränkung. _________________________________________________________________________ This course is part of a one-term Master of Education teaching project linking "Fachdidaktik" and "Fachwissenschaft" (English Literature). We aim to investigate a range of modes and processes of life writing from different perspecives: - life writing for (and in) professional teacher education, - life writing as a literary and cultural phenomenon and, finally, - life writing in terms of writing processes. The teaching project comprises two courses and as we will seek to make cross-references between them, they are ideally to be studied alongside each other. Nevertheless, each course may be studied individually. In this particular course, we aim to understand the biographical dimension in teaching and learning language. Teachers are said to teach the way they were taught, which is why a critical reflection of one's own language learning experiences through the lens of narrative inquiry presumably helps teachers to become reflective practitioners with respect to their inherited beliefs about teaching and learning. In the same vein, also learners bring to the classroom their own experiences of language learning, originating form previous classroom experience or out-of-classroom language learning. We will explore teacher and learner narratives presented in various forms ('traditional' writing, multimodal digital). Conceptual issues such as the construction of identity/self/selves and methodological queries in narrative qualitative research such as the implications of narrative knowledging or analysing multimodal writing will also be touched upon. Starting from here, we will eventually develop perspectives for language pedagogies which are sensitive to the biographical dimension of teachers and learners alike. Participants should be prepared to engage in regular coursework. This will comprise preparatory reading, Language Learning History writing and further small-scale written assignments, short presentations and possibly creative writing sessions. This course may also be linked with a long-term creative writing project with Grade-9 language learners from Berlin and Hong Kong to be started in the winter term. Participation is recommended especially for students interested in writing a Master theses in this field. |
