Literacy: Individual and Societal Development

4 credits · Undergraduate

This course combines theory and practice in the study of literacy and development, while simultaneously introducing students to socio-cultural educational theory and research. This research perspicaciously and critically analyzes extant literature on literacy teaching and learning. This literature will be examined in practice through participation in tutoring and technology-oriented summer programs. In addition, this course satisfies the American Cultures requirement and will contribute to understanding of race, cultures, and ethnicity in the United States. We will develop a view of literacy, not as a neutral skill, but as embedded within culture and as depending for its meaning and its practice upon social institutions and conditions. In addition to lecture, students are to participate in field work hours.