Literacy Methods

Catalog description

This course examines the literacy curriculum and teaching practices in various real world contexts to support the diverse needs of K-12 learners. Graduate students review and apply current literacy research to inform instruction within the context of their individual classrooms. Students also employ a mulitliteracies framework in their lessons as they locate digital resources and tools to model critical viewing, representing, and thinking for their K-12 learners. Students enrolled in EDUC 863 : Literacy Methods plan, adapt, and implement innovative instructional approaches that will support their professional practice and future role as K-12 literacy educators and reading/literacy specialists.