MACI 409 - Literacy and Learning: Teaching of Reading

Prerequisite, admission to the MACI track. This course is about K-12 literacy learning and development from a sociocultural framework in the context of teaching diverse student populations. This course is designed to give teacher candidates an understanding of the elements of research-based literacy learning, including content area literacy, within the context of a balanced literacy paradigm. Candidates will understand connections between reading, writing, speaking, and listening in language arts learning and instruction. Candidates will learn evidence-based instructional strategies in a balanced literacy program between explicit and authentic literacy experiences. The course pays special attention to students from diverse racial, cultural, linguistic, neurodiverse, socio-economic, and other areas of difference and the material consequences of literacy acquisition. Students will participate in a 25-hour praxis to tutor a primary grade student. Letter grade. Fee: $75. (Offered as needed.) 5 credits