DISCIPLINARY LITERACY

Catalog description

This course expands on prior knowledge and skills that future teachers have in literacy by providing additional knowledge of background, issues, and strategies for future teachers to use with adolescent learners to increase their literacy comprehension across disciplines. The course is designed to support content instruction using research-based literacy strategies for all learners and plays a key role in graduate study by increasing comprehension of content in informational and narrative text, writing to persuade and inform, and using digital resources appropriately to engage in critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving. This course culminates in a project that demonstrates growing mastery of the subject. This course aligns with the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Standards II and IV (ICLS) for secondary education.