Posts by kpyne | Today at Elon | 福利亚洲国产精品 /u/news Sun, 31 May 2026 14:16:07 -0400 en-US hourly 1 English Education majors attend NCETA conference /u/news/2013/10/14/english-education-majors-attend-nceta-conference/ Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:50:00 +0000 /u/news/2013/10/14/english-education-majors-attend-nceta-conference/ Teaching is a challenging profession, relying on deep professional knowledge of both subject matter and of adolescent students. In order to pick up new approaches to the English classroom and meet other professionals in the field, seven senior teachers-to-be attended the annual conference of the North Carolina English Teacher Association.

Katherine Bain, Kendall Crouther, Becky Hackney, Mike Hall, Allie Hylton, Molly Spessert, and Sarah Worley, along with English Education Assistant Professor Kim Pyne, participated in sessions about integrating current young adult literature, cutting edge technology, primary source documents, and critical reading  strategies into their lessons in order to better reach students of all levels and backgrounds.

Megan Justice ’11 presented at the conference alongside School of Education Assistant Professor Jeff Carpenter, who showcased a number of collaborative technology solutions for supporting the writing process.

is the primary professional organization for English teachers of all levels in North Carolina and offers grants, writing contests, a journal, as well as the annual conference for members. The seniors’ expedition was supported by funds from the School of Education and the Department of English.

 

]]> Kim Pyne publishes book chapter on English teacher educator identity /u/news/2009/11/20/kim-pyne-publishes-book-chapter-on-english-teacher-educator-identity/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:22:00 +0000 /u/news/2009/11/20/kim-pyne-publishes-book-chapter-on-english-teacher-educator-identity/ “Living in the Liminal Spaces: Lessons Learned in the Supervision of English Student Teachers” explores the challenges and identity conflicts that arise when teachers move from classroom to graduate school, and from graduate school to working as researchers, professors, and supervisors of pre-service teachers.

Through both narrative and theory, it investigates the insider/outsiderness of crossing barriers of space, authority, and being.

 

]]> Pyne, Dow (07 graduate), and Hansen (sophomore) present at conference in Toronto /u/news/2007/08/08/pyne-dow-07-graduate-and-hansen-sophomore-present-at-conference-in-toronto/ Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:26:00 +0000 /u/news/2007/08/08/pyne-dow-07-graduate-and-hansen-sophomore-present-at-conference-in-toronto/ Kim Pyne, assistant professor of English, and two students attended the “Prophecy 2007” Harry Potter academic conference in Toronto on August 2-4. Pyne presented a pedagogical paper, “Hogwarts for Muggles: Teaching Harry Potter as College Literature,” and her students presented individual papers based on work written for Pyne’s winter term course. Grace Dow (2007 graduate) presented “Harry Potter: The Enlightened Philosopher,” and Mary Hansen (sophomore) presented “Songs Without Words: The Symbolism of Phoenix Song in Harry Potter.”

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