New Course for Fall 2008

ED 455 The literate learner: using critical and strategic literacy in the content areas, grades 5-12
In this course, designed for experienced and new middle and high school educators, candidates explore and use cutting edge theory and best practices in literacies to support powerful student learning across curricular areas. Candidates learn a repertoire of research-based strategies and tools to help diverse English dominant and ELL learners make meaning from a variety of texts in their subject area, including non-print and media texts. As reflective educators who advocate for equity and justice in education, candidates will infuse critical and strategic literacies into content area curriculum and document its effect on student learning. Candidates not currently teaching will be expected to work with a teacher in a high needs school for about 25 hours in order to complete this aspect of the course. Three credits.