Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum

Catalog description

This course examines the theory and practice of literacy learning and instruction within and across content areas or disciplines (e.g., mathematics, science, English, art). It focuses on disciplinary and interdisciplinary uses of and purposes for oral and written texts in school settings, primarily secondary school. This course will be an extended effort to explore three questions: (1) What is literacy? (2) How can school teachers support the literacy development of their students? and (3) How can writing and reading enhance content-area and disciplinary learning in schools? The overarching goal is to learn how to integrate reading and writing into content area classes and to examine the role literacy plays in developing disciplinary knowledge.