Develops understanding of the process of learning to read in the content areas. Lecture, demonstrations, development of materials, and practice on the techniques of reading for elementary and secondary classroom teachers are provided. Purpose - Educator as a Professional A teacher is an expert in a field of knowledge who can relate his or her wisdom to novices.
Graduate programs provide additional professional development experiences for In service teachers.
More specifically, the major emphasis covered in class will be looking at strategies to be used in preparation for reading a content assignment, with assistance activities while reading, and for reflective follow-up activities after reading. Another component of the class will be in-class simulations of content reading strategies followed by applications of these strategies by class participants working in small groups. A final component will be critiquing videotapes of teachers in classroom situations using reading strategies. The overall intent is to present many usable classroom ideas and to gain a more complete understanding of why each strategy is desirable. Participants will be asked to try strategies in their own classrooms and report results.