EDGR 220

Issues in New Literacies throughout the Lifespan

This course examines contemporary issues in literacy. The course introduces students to pedagogies and politics of new literacies within a variety of contexts: academic, new literacy studies, technology literacy, cultural, family, community, and workplace literacy. From a frame of literacy/illiteracy, students examine its connections with economic, political, social, occupational, education, governmental, and cultural change. Students will study how literacy programs are organized and implemented, examine research on the rationale for literacy, including the connection between literacy and healthy, livelihoods, empowerment, community development and cognitive skills.

Units: 3.0