EDU 442 - Language Arts and Content Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners

Units: 4
When Offered: Fall
This course is a study of the scope, organization and instructional procedures used to teach language arts/content area literacy, English language learners and students who are struggling with their literacy development. Students will learn how to design and develop interdisciplinary units of study, how to write and assess instructional objectives suitable for a diverse student population, and learn how to organize and integrate language arts instruction in the public school classroom. These units and lessons must follow state adopted curriculum standards and frameworks. Various teaching strategies will be demonstrated and experienced during the class periods including SDAIE strategies for English Language Learners. Students will work in collaborative groups to complete portions of class work. This course focuses on preparing elementary school teacher candidates to identify the challenges and support related to academic language within the content areas. In addition, the course prepares teacher candidates to use content-based literacy strategies (e.g. reading, writing, speaking, and listening) to facilitate learning of content area subject matter for the full range of learners in the classroom. This course will also examine various research-based assessment practices for elementary school teachers.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): EDU 416 and Elementary Education major