EDUC548  - Content Area Literacy

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This is a three-credit hour course that presents essential literacy skills and examines ways in which they may be developed in K-12 subject area classrooms. This course will provide an overview of the reading process based on current theory and scientifically based research as well as best practices for promoting content area reading and learning. A variety of instructional strategies for reading and writing will be presented for use in all content areas and grade levels. The use of technology to expand students’ literacy’s will also be investigated. This course requires a field observation where students visit and critically analyze the classrooms which they observe.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

N/A

Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
11/05/09 - 03/28/10 04/05/10 - 07/25/10 Spring 2010 Session A - 16 Week session
11/30/09 - 04/25/10 05/03/10 - 08/22/10 Spring 2010 Session K - 16 Week session
12/28/09 - 05/30/10 06/07/10 - 09/26/10 Spring 2010 Session C - 16 Week session
01/25/10 - 06/27/10 07/05/10 - 10/24/10 Summer 2010 Session A - 16 Week session
02/22/10 - 07/25/10 08/02/10 - 11/21/10 Summer 2010 Session K - 16 Week session
03/29/10 - 08/29/10 09/06/10 - 12/26/10 Summer 2010 Session C - 16 Week session
04/26/10 - 09/26/10 10/04/10 - 01/23/11 Fall 2010 Session A - 16 Week session
05/31/10 - 10/24/10 11/01/10 - 02/20/11 Fall 2010 Session K - 16 Week session
06/28/10 - 11/28/10 12/06/10 - 03/27/11 Fall 2010 Session C - 16 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Content Area Reading -Text Only - ebook available at www.coursesmart.com. To purchase this e-book, you must be located in North America with a billing address also in North America
ISBN: 0205532152
Publication Info: Allyn & Bacon, Inc

Book Title: Teaching Reading in the Content Areas
ISBN: 1893476057
Publication Info: Assoc. for Supervision & Curriculum Development

 
 
 

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