I recently had a conversation with a professor from my graduate program regarding the reasons people become language arts teachers, especially in an era that seems to increasingly emphasize non-fiction articles over fiction. What do these up-and-coming teachers believe their content expertise is? My professor made an invaluable insight: a language arts teacher’s content is narrative, in all its forms—literature, poetry, movies, television, graphic novels, online multimedia—and yes, even non-fiction.
The LDC instructional design system provides meaningful pathways to discuss complex issues in all forms of literature.