Education - EDUC 240

Course Description

This course will focus on analyzing current national literacy projects that identify instructional strategies to foster 21st century literacy skills. Course topics include identifying and assisting struggling readers and writers, creating instructional activities that meet the needs of culturally and academically diverse students and evaluating assessments for the implementation of research-based practices. Knowledge of the stages of literacy development and its elements will be reinforced. This course requires all students must meet the requirements of a criminal background check.

Prerequisites

(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)

Course Competencies

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Identify struggling readers and writers.
• Create educational plans integrating explicit literacy instruction into subject area content.
• Create an effective learning environment that integrates cultural diversity.
• Differentiate instruction to include a range of learners.
• Evaluate implementation of research-informed writing instruction.
• Identify key components of foundational reading skills.
• Integrate knowledge of reading skill development into a content area.
• Analyze writing process and instructional strategies.
• Integrate 21st century learner skills into literacy instruction.
• Analyze current national literacy projects.
• Evaluate assessments for alignment with research-based practices.
• Create assessments aligned to research-based practices.

Course Schedule