SPE 508 Methods of Instruction: Literacy Across the Curriculum for Special Education

This course presents literacy access as a civil right to be ensured for all learners and expands the learnings of SPE 509 by examining contemporary understanding of literacy and their usefulness in facilitating literacy learning for students with disabilities. It provides an introduction to research and practice on the role of literacy, and how to meet literacy Candidates examine how texts and instructional practices can serve not only to build skills and intellect, but to help students learn about their own, and others’, identities. The power of literacy as the foundation of this course. The principles of universal design for learning (UDL) and explicit teaching based on the science of learning aid candidates in redesigning literacy practices across content areas. All students will be required to complete 10 hours of field work as a part of this course. Pre-requisite(s): MAT candidates: SPE 500, SPE 501, SPE 502 or SPE 526, SPE 509, and SPE 572. Non-MAT candidates register for course through advisor. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours