EDU 2031 - Disciplinary Literacies: Secondary Classroom

3 cr

This course focuses on how constructivist, sociocultural language-based learning theories and functional linguistics principles apply to supporting disciplinary literacy practices in secondary school content courses. This is an inquiry course focused on these essential questions: (1) What are the disciplinary literacy practices of your content area? Who are you, a prospective teacher of your discipline, as a disciplinary literacy user? (2) What is the role of socially just and culturally relevant pedagogies to make Disciplinary Literacy practices transparent in a secondary school classroom? Ultimately, the purpose is for you to (1) identify and put into practice principles based on the theory that disciplinary reading and writing generate thinking and learning in the content areas and (2) learn specific reading and writing strategies that encourage students to be active and committed learners in their subject matter fields. Fieldwork will include a study of Disciplinary Literacies and classroom applications that addresses both literacy learning and exceptionality.
Prerequisite: EDU 1012 with a grade of B- or better.
Co-requisite: EDU 2032
Spring