Reading, writing, and research: Online course syllabus
Reading, Writing and Research: Integrating Literacy across the Curriculum helps participants develop skills for implementing oral and written communication instruction in their professions.
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Course description
The primary purpose of this course is to help the K-12 teacher, counselor, librarian or specialist develop skills for implementing oral and written communication instruction in his or her profession. Students will explore current trends in reading, writing and research as well as share with colleagues in an online professional forum during the duration of this course. Those enrolled will also look at reading and writing skills instruction and information literacy concepts, and learn to effectively integrate these skills into the teaching of other subjects.
Prerequisites
Students enrolled in this course should have an interest in reading, writing and research and a desire to apply current trends in their own classroom. As this course is taught and taken completely online, reliable online access and a working email address are necessary. Students can expect to spend between 2 and 5 hours per week on coursework which includes required reading material, responding to forum posts and the contribution of professional dialog within the online classroom.
Purpose and rationale
This online course is designed to help those enrolled develop an awareness of current and effective teaching practices with the goal of implementing such practices into their own craft. Attention is focused on the roles of listening and speaking as they influence the process of teaching reading and writing. This course is designed to assist current or renewing educators as they design language rich classrooms and strive to model effective use of language. Through the dialog within an active online forum, emphasis is placed on exploring our own oral and written communication as we work to deliver a language arts curriculum that is meaningful to our students.
Course goals
The following objectives are established for this course:
- Students will explore current research through reading online publications regarding speaking, listening, reading, visual representation and writing.
- Through simple reflection and self application, students will develop and build upon an understanding of strategies for planning language arts instruction.
- By posting assignments to the forums within the online course and by logging on at least 5 times per week to read and respond to the posts of classmates, students will share and compare techniques and methods for teaching language arts.
Evaluation
No formal test is used as a method of evaluation in this course. Successful participation in and completion of this course is measured by a student’s contributions within the online forums and timely completion and submission of the online exercises. Students should plan to post and respond to the posts of others in order to be considered an active member of the class. It can be expected that an average of 2 to 4 hours per week will be spent reading, contributing to the online forums, and responding to assignments.
