Nature of Literacy in the Adolescent Years

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READ 6563. Nature of Literacy in the Adolescent Years. Examination of the expanding body of research, policy, history, and underlying theories of "adolescent literacy;" implementation of research findings in instruction; consideration of adolescent engagement in situated literacies involving new multi-literacies; influences of social, cultural, linguistic, and historical factors. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.