Teachers, Learn from Experts at The Role of Literature in Common Core
An Invitation to Teachers:
Indiana Memorial Union, Indiana University
Saturday, April 5th
The Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers presents
The Role of Literature in the Common Core
Concurrent Seminars (9:15)
- Reading Literature and Learning to Write: Successful Pedagogies at UC Riverside (Chair, John Briggs)
- Wonder and Literature (Chair: David Smith)
Panel (10:45)
The Role of Literature in the Common Core
Sandra Stotsky, Professor Education Reform, University of Arkansas, is author of The Death and Resurrection of a Coherent Literature Curriculum: What Secondary English Teachers Can Do and has taught at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate level
Mark Bauerlein, Professor of English at Emory University, author of numerous publications on the Common Core, and former director of research and analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts. Professor Bauerlein will also be our luncheon speaker
John Burt, Professor of English, Brandeis University, author of Lincoln’s Tragic Pragmatism and former president of the ALSCW
David Rothman, Director of the Poetry Concentration at Western State Colorado University, participated in the drafting of Colorado’s new language and literature standards.
Luncheon and speaker (Mark Bauerlein): 12:45 to 2:15
Reservations are required for the panels and the luncheon. Space is limited. Please contact John Briggs at john.briggs@ucr.edu for reservations and room information. Teachers are welcome.
