Language, Learning, and Instruction

3 units

This course, which emphasizes children's writing and literacy issues, is the second of three courses in a sequence on teaching reading and writing. The course reviews and elaborates on work from previous courses on children's acquisition of written language; examines approaches to teaching writing; and focuses on work from sociological, feminist, and philosophical perspectives to affirm and criticize aspects of these approaches. Enrollment Note: Undergraduate students must enroll in Educ. 470, and graduate students must enroll in Educ. 670.