Abstract
Now more than ever, many students are entering post-secondary school [and teacher education programs] lacking the literacy skills needed to effectively participate in advanced, post-secondary education. Not only does this include comprehending and interpreting a variety of texts, it also means proficiency connecting with and understanding the nuances of text. This session presents a workshop that advocates for a Literacy Course for college students that outlines curriculum and practices to use with students on how to use a reading protocol and reading len with increasingly difficult texts from narrative to non-fiction to data to academic, research-based articles, as well as film and music; correlated writing assignments are included. An educational theme makes the model appropriate for education majors while a companion reading list makes it applicable to general studies students. Information overload is real. The lingering costs of the pandemic are real, and evidence is clearly seen in the struggle of many of our students who don’t understand why they can’t keep up, why they have difficulty understanding academic texts [or any texts], and wonder who will provide them with the tools they have not yet acquired through years of secondary school. The time is now and the answer is you. Join this engaging session and learn more.
Presenters
Melissa AwenowiczAssistant Dean, Accreditation and Assessment, College of Education, Rowan University, New Jersey, United States
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KEYWORDS
Literacy, Teacher Education, Learning in Higher Education, Reading Methods, Pedagogy
