Pedagogy -
Graduates of Grand Canyon University’s Master Arts in Communication with an Emphasis in Education will be exposed to various aspects of sound pedagogical practices at the university level.

• Analyze strategies to effectively collaborate on curriculum design with various stakeholders.
• Align academic standards to objectives and assessments in a syllabus.
• Evaluate the use of various adult learning theories in different situations.
• Recommend best practices in incorporating technology in a distance learning environment.

Teaching Writing and Rhetoric -
This domain equips teachers of college writing with the background and skills necessary to meet outcomes listed in the WPA Outcomes Statement. The goal of this domain is to have a lasting effect on student writing by providing student writers with a variety of experiences that can be adapted to new contexts.

• Apply appropriate pedagogical practices to the teaching of writing.
• Articulate the relationship between transfer of learning and writing.
• Develop examples and materials appropriate for the teaching of writing.
• Engage in appropriate reflection for classroom practices and student outcomes.
• Apply current theories of writing and rhetoric, as articulated through the WPA Outcomes Statement and the Elon Statement on Writing Transfer, to teaching practices and assessment.
• Explain the role of technology in writing.
• Design genre focused writing experiences.

Teaching Literature -
Students will examine different approaches to teaching literature, as well as literary genre conventions, critical theory, assessment and pedagogical techniques.

• Apply appropriate pedagogical practices to the teaching of literature.
• Develop examples and materials appropriate for the teaching of literature.
• Apply current critical theories to the teaching of literature.