Course Details

EDL 706 Overview

Students answer the following questions: What are different theoretical models of language, literacy, and learning? How have these been conceptualized and tested? How have they been applied to literacy practice and societal issues? This course focuses on the following theoretical models of literacy and learning: neurological, linguistic, cognitive, socio-cultural, and critical. Students use the models as scaffolds for investigating the following topics: oral and written language development; phonological processes; comprehension processes; socio-cultural and critical influences on literacy and learning.