Course Number:

Credit Hours:

3

Course Title:

Literacy Development and Instruction

Course Description:

Using an inquiry approach, explores the rich complexity of literacy development and instruction in the elementary grades. Considers reading and writing as ways of exploring and reacting to the world in a thoughtful, articulate manner. Considers how reading, writing, speaking, and listening are interrelated, critical processes for exploring and responding to the world. An integrated language model serves as a basis for instructional methodology. Explores a range of approaches to reading and writing instruction based on students’ own experiences and questions, in light of research on cognitive development and language acquisition, and informed by political and sociocultural perspectives. Graduate students are required to demonstrate advanced levels of study and research.