ED 544 Content Area Literacy

This course will focus on content area literacy, with special emphasis on adolescent literacy at the secondary level. Content Area Literacy is a research-based course on the use of language for thinking, problem solving and communicating across subject areas. This course includes best-practice teaching strategies that will enable all students to become independent thinkers. Refinement of specific reading, writing, listening, and speaking strategies will be applied to lesson planning and implementation in field experience teaching. This course will pay special emphasis to the literacy standards across content areas as outlined by the Common Core State Standards, as well as placing an emphasis on the development of Academic Language Teaching Competencies.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the MAT program

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