EDU 814 - Reading and Writing in the Content Areas

3 Credit(s) Candidates learn strategies for assisting students with reading and writing in the academic disciplines. Topics include disciplinary literacy habits of mind, the use of textbooks, trade books, and electronic texts, the writing process, and out-of-school literacy practices as a bridge to academic literacy. Candidates will consult the policy briefs and research by the professional associations in their disciplines and will consider how to apply the recommendations in their classroom and for various audiences in their school
and district.