EDU 752 - Content Area Literacy for Middle and Secondary Educators

This course is designed to enhance middle and secondary teachers’ understanding and use of literacy skills and strategies in the teaching of the academic disciplines. This course will emphasize assessing students’ background knowledge, culture, and learning needs to plan and implement instruction; identifying and evaluating appropriate instructional resources; incorporating effective learning strategies to develop students’ literacy skills; identifying assessment strategies and tools to assess learning and adapt instruction; and using texts and other supplemental resources to develop students’ knowledge of content.

Credits: 3