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About LEARN NC
LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Education,
finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers
and students of North Carolina — and the world.
In this online course, teacher participants will explore reading and writing skills instruction and information literacy concepts, and learn to effectively integrate these literacy skills into the teaching of another subject. This course is designed for all K-12 grade levels.
Teachers will identify appropriate reading comprehension and writing skills goals for their students. Teachers will explore simple strategies for skills instruction and apply these strategies within the content area they teach. In addition, teachers will explore information skills, learning to identify, search for and evaluate information— particularly web-based information.
Teachers will use introduced instructional strategies to enhance their instruction in their discipline and learn to assess student growth in reading, writing and research skills.
Prerequisites
None
Course objectives
- Identify appropriate reading comprehension and writing skills goals
- Explore simple strategies for reading and writing instruction
- Apply these reading and writing strategies within the content area
- Identify correct information sources for specific information needs
- Effectively choose and use search tools and evaluate information on the Internet
- Assess student growth in reading, writing and research skills
Materials required
None
Take this course!
This course is scheduled to be taught beginning June 25.
It will be open for enrollment until June 20 or until maximum enrollment has been met.