EDU 5323 Reading in the Secondary Schools
This course extends the students' knowledge and skill in order to provide literacy instruction that improves learning in secondary school content areas. Within a collaborative environment, students explore relevant research and theory and engage in teaching and applying proven principles and strategies related to literacy instruction. Topics include, but are not limited to, TEKS, ELPs, reading and writing as processes, linguistics, text structure, fluency, comprehension, Dyslexia, vocabulary development and assessments. This is a graduate level course, and graduate students will be expected to engage the material accordingly. This may include such things as a research paper, orchestrating the readings/discussion during class periods, making an oral presentation to the class, or other requirements.
Offered
Spring