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Reading and Literacy in the Content (MEDU 609)

Term: 2023-2024 Fall Term

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Windy StephensonShow MyInfo popup for Windy Stephenson
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Description

State and national standards for educators require that teachers know and demonstrate a wide range of literacy methods and skills to promote effective and appropriate classroom communication as educators in all content areas play an important role in the literacy development of students. This course provides candidates with instructional strategies to support students' literacy development in their current or planned grade-level(s) or content area(s) of certification. Candidates will explore ways that reading, writing, speaking and listening are developed and used in learning grade-level and discipline-specific curriculum, including adaptations for culturally diverse and exceptional learners.?Content Knowledge for Teachers is?a co-requisite for this course.?