Welcome to ENGL 301--Writing and the Teaching of Writing. This course is designed to help prospective teachers develop a personal and professional sense of what they want their writing/reading classrooms to look like. In this class, we will read and write about current research and theory in Composition Pedagogy and literacy instruction; examine the ELA classroom, past and present; explore and critique the rules, regulations, and requirements placed upon you as teachers today; observe the needs of all students as we help them become thoughtful readers and writers themselves. In seeing ourselves as teachers, it is important to reflect on our own experiences as students, so we will also examine our own literacy practices experienced as students and in our personal lives as these experiences impact your future classroom as a teacher. ​