Emphasis on the cognitive, social, and cultural dimensions of literacy learning. Includes field experience and action research in the public schools with an emphasis on developing reflective and critical practice. Concurrent registration with Education 315. Emphasis on strategies for reading and writing nonfiction and on critical approaches to the teaching of social studies. Students practice designing and implementing age-appropriate instructional plans that foster critical thinking, stimulate divergent approaches to problem solving, and evaluate authentically.
Study includes an examination of engaging relevant young adult texts for all content areas.
Includes case studies, peer teaching during the laboratory period, and field experiences at the local middle school and high school, also during the laboratory period. Includes three discussion periods and one laboratory experience each week. Must be taken concurrently with Education 469. Students assume responsibility for classes in an elementary school under the close supervision of a faculty member and a cooperating teacher of the public school. A weekly practicum is held.