EDU-543 Content Area Literacy 5-12
This course is designed to highlight the role of literacy assessment, acquisition, and application within the content areas in grades 5-12. It will provide an in-depth exploration of formal and informal assessment methods, teaching methods and materials relevant to literacy instruction for the content areas and students in today's diverse classrooms. Literacy and writing strategies will be presented in conjunction with New York State Learning Standards. An additional focus of the course will be to help literacy and subject area teachers address the needs of diverse learners of all abilities through culturally relevant pedagogy and curriculum, the use of multicultural materials, and alternative and adaptive methods, and the use of technology. Course includes 10 hours of clinical teaching experience.