AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH
DR. MELANIE ANN HANSON
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SHSU Assistant Professor Office: Evans 108 Office Hours: Th 12:30 pm to 2 pm Th 3:30 pm to 5 pm Phone: 936-294-1435 **2007-08 is my last year of teaching at SHSU; my responsibilities to the SED students end May 1, 2008. Someone else will take over those duties for Fall 2008. Contact the SHSU English department chair, Dr. Bill Bridges, for further details. It has been a privilege to work at SHSU for the past 3 years; I wish you all much good fortune with your future endeavors in academia.
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My academic goal is to create a positive learning environment for all
the students in my classes.
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I am dedicated to pedagogy in theory and in practice. This
dedication has led me to seek varied experiences as an educator:
writing curriculum and piloting new courses in composition, team teaching,
working in computer-assisted classrooms, instructing on-line classes, and
serving as the English department liaison to Computer Services. In
September of 2006, I am celebrating what I consider to be a milestone
anniversary of classroom teaching experience; 30 years ago, I started my very
first high school teaching job in I believe that all students learn best through kinesthetic assignments, although I finesse visual and auditory modalities, among others, in the lessons that I teach. I am convinced that students learn more in an atmosphere of synergistic structuring where they feel safe to share their knowledge and where they are in charge of teaching information to the rest of the class. Although collaborative group work may appear to only apply to the instruction of composition, I have found that it works very effectively with literature classes as well. In all of my classes, the students choose classmates to form a study group. Many times, I use structured activities assigned to student study groups to solicit response; I have the study groups make presentations to the class and work on collaborative writing assignments. Every semester, I am amazed and inspired by student insight that, in turn, encourages me to dig deeper into the course material.
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PERSONAL INTERESTS
My personal interests include swimming, knitting, embroidery, cooking, home decorating, travel, letter writing, and the fine arts including painting, opera, ballet, and theatre. I have a number of collections including figures by Lladro and Royal Dalton, limited edition plates, masks from my travels around the world, Wizard of Oz and Betty Boop memorabilia, hummingbirds, and Japanese art and decor. I love Mexican, Italian, and Chinese food, but ice cream is at the top of my list of favorite foods.
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FOR THE SHSU CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
** Dr Gene
Young is the creator of most of the pages below **
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The TExES Preparation
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