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Apr 20, 2024
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2013-2014 Graduate Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CSL 580 - Cultural Literacy
ol literacy, and the survey of critical issues in the literacy development of different communities with special attention to cultural linguistic diversity and the strengths of various cultures, will receive major emphasis. Connections to oral language, reading, writing, and children’s literature will be developed in a literacy framework that focuses on the learner’s cultural background and linguistic understanding. In addition, this course will explore the ways that classroom teachers, literacy specialists, administrators, parents, and teacher educators can provide efficient literacy instruction for students from diverse cultural linguistic backgrounds. Analysis of the pedagogical implications for literacy education in terms of study of the teacher’s role and the impact upon diverse student learning, as well as organizing and the teaching of literacy in the childhood education classroom will be addressed.
3 credits
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