EDUC 224 — Literacy in the Content Areas
Literacy in the Content areas offers secondary teachers an understanding of language and the literacy process as it applies to teaching in secondary schools. Through reading, writing, discussion, and reflection students analyze and synthesize various forms of literacy in content areas and how to use evidence-based instructional strategies to support the literacy development of all students. It focuses on literacy development in discipline-specific curriculum, including considerations for culturally diverse learners in urban public schools. The course asks students to challenge the dominant deficit model approach to urban adolescent literacy skills by recognizing assets and building on present literacy practices.