Critical Literacy for Empowerment

3 credits · Undergraduate

(4 hrs Lecture) This course focuses on using critical reading and writing in early, middle, and senior school years to decrease student alienation and promote stronger performance through an empowering approach to studying texts and language conventions. In particular, the focus is on written texts such as literary works, school textbooks, and curriculum documents; and on language conventions such as Standard English and social discourses that affect students' perceptions of themselves and others and the possibilities open to them in the future. The approach is most obviously relevant to teaching in content areas such as the Language Arts, History, and Social Studies, but it is also relevant to teaching in the sciences. Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and EDUC-3602. Requisite Courses: EDUC-3810 or EDUC-2513 [prerequisite(s)].