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Critical Issues in Literacy (324-0-20)

Instructors

Dagny Dorothy Bloland

Meeting Info

Annenberg Hall 303: Mon 6:00PM - 8:50PM

Overview of class

Using political, psychological, and sociological lenses, this course will deal with the interaction between current theory and practice in literacy education across the curriculum. Issues to be explored in the course will include why we teach literature, how we teach writing, and how language interacts with other literacy strands. The course will focus on classroom implications and applications of these and related issues including the role of literacy in content areas.