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EDUC 746 - Literacy for Developing Civic Understanding

(3 units)
Exploration of documents, texts, and readings addressing content and pedagogy relative to literacy, civic understanding, and the integration of the two areas in classrooms.

Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of various conceptions of critical literacies.
2. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of various conceptions of civic and democratic citizenship education.
3. Students will be able to identify major theorists in critical literacy and citizenship education.
4. Students will be able to discuss the purpose of schools in light of critical literacy and citizenship education.
5. Students will be able to effectively integrate critical literacy and citizenship education.
6. Students will be able to critically reflect on their own teaching, with an emphasis on the integration of critical literacy and citizenship education.
7. Students will be able to synthesize and discuss scholarly literature on the topics of critical literacy and citizenship education.
8. Students will be able to examine and apply Shulman’s framework of teacher content knowledge to their own practices.


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