SCED 3720 - Reading Writing Content Areas (ALPP)

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Secondary Education

Description:

Required for all Secondary Education Teaching (SET) students. This course prepares teacher candidates to facilitate reading, writing, and study skills in the content areas at the middle school and secondary school level. Extensive background in literacy and teaching strategies will be provided during the lecture portion of the course. Teacher candidates will practice and apply pedagogical skills during a field experience in the public schools. This course is designated as an Active Learning Professional Practice (ALPP) course. This course allows students to explore and apply content learned in the course in a professional experience away from the classroom. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Use a variety of strategies to promote student independence in content area reading and writing. 2. Use a variety of texts and to assist students who have difficulty reading content area texts. 3. Demonstrate methods in the content areas to address the diverse literacy backgrounds and needs of students (ELL, gifted, special education, behavior/emotional needs, etc.). 4. Design and teach lessons in the content area which integrate or focus on text-based concept development. 5. Integrate technology to support and meaningfully supplement the learning of students. 6. Utilize formative and summative reading and writing assessments to analyze student reading and writing data to inform and modify instruction. 7. Use school, community, district, and state content area resources to enhance student learning. Prerequisites: Admission to Utah Tech Secondary Education Teaching (SET) Licensure Program. FA, SP

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

08/26/2008 - 08/14/2022 

Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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