EDU 3367 - CONTENT AREA LITERACY IN THE SECONDSCHOOLS

credits: 3.0
This course provides literacy instruction for grades nine through twelve pre-service teachers seeking certification by incorporating reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills within specific subject areas. By interfacing with New York State, Common Core, and National Standards, pre-service teachers explore methods of instruction to strengthen their students’ literacy skills in coordination with the specific subjects being learned. Objectives: A) Explore current definitions of literacy; B) Develop strategies to support and assess the literacy skills of all students, in a variety of academic disciplines; C) Research the way professionals in various contexts use literacy; D) Collaborate to design integrated units of study that incorporate content area knowledge, literacy skills, technology, and New York State, National, and Common Core Standards of Learning; E) Read and critique young adult literature that addresses diverse cultures and personalities; F) Write in a variety of genres to explore our thinking about contemporary literacy instruction, our literate histories, and the demands of bringing content area knowledge together with literacy skills. Method of Instruction: The teaching methods will entail lecture, discussion, workshops, and student collaboration. Method of Evaluation: Class participation, journal responses, papers, writing workshops, projects, and exams.

Prerequisite(s): JUNIOR STANDING and EDU 3347 - CONTENT AREA LITERACY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL