Literacy in Content Areas

Catalog description

In Literacy in the Content Areas, teacher candidates develop an understanding of language and literacy as it applies to teaching content in secondary schools with a focus on English learners and students who struggle with reading and writing. The course emphasizes incorporating reading and writing in the content areas and evidence-based instructional strategies to support all students' literacy development. Teacher candidates develop an understanding of struggling readers and writers, including students with dyslexia, learn how reading and writing difficulties vary in presentation and degree, and federal and state laws pertaining to students with learning disabilities. The course focuses on how reading, writing, and oral language skills are developed and used in discipline-specific curricula, including adaptations to support English learners and struggling readers and writers. Young adult literature is integrated throughout the course.