ED610 - Issues & Research in Literacy

This course includes a critical examination of current issues in literacy, including extensive reading of recent and historical research literature relevant to those issues. Issues to be focused upon will change based on current developments in the literacy field and students’ identified areas of interest. This course will also include and introduction to action research in literacy education. Students will design an action research inquiry/research project and prepare an application to submit to the Institutional Research Review Board for permission to conduct their study in their classroom or in a school setting during ED651 Literacy Practicum II. Applications must be submitted before the end of the first week of ED641 Literacy Practicum I and permission to conduct a study must be granted to enroll in ED651 Literacy Practicum II.
Prerequisite(s): ED603
Grade: LT
Credits: 3