Literacy Development in the Content Area

Catalog description

This course is required of all students seeking New York state teacher certification in Middle Childhood Specialist, Adolescent, Adolescent/Students with Disabilities. Teachers in today's content area classrooms not only prepare and guide their students to learn key concepts and information, through reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing, but also, lead their students toward independent learning. These content area classroom settings, based on the constructivist approach, encourage inquiry learning and cooperative learning. In this course, using the constructivist perspective, future content area teachers will learn how to encourage students to learn through literacy activities. They will analyze the processes of connecting known information to new information, formulating questions, discussing issues, and discovering unique perspectives and possibilities. Diagnosis, evaluation and assessment of all students will be discussed especially through content area resources and materials including electronic texts and computer programs.