| Week |
Topics - Guiding Questions |
Major Assignments |
Readings |
1
Aug 31 |
UNIT 1
Who are we? Where have we come from? Where are we now? Where might we be headed? What has shaped our individual and collective journeys as critical readers?
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Kirkland, K. (2003). ‘Steppin’ up and representin’. In G. Gay (Ed). Becoming multicultural educators: Personal journey toward professional agency. Jossey Bass: San Francisco, CA: pp. 117-142. [ER]
Berman, L. (1998). Meandering and mattering: Moving toward horizontal persons. In A light in dark times: Maxine Greene and the unfinished conversation. Eds. W. Ayers & J. Miller. New York: Teachers College Press. [ER] |
2
Sept 7 |
UNIT 1
What does it mean to see/read the world from different perspectives?
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Freire, P., & Macedo, D. (1987). Literacy: Reading the Word and the World. London: Routledge and Kegan. [ER]
Halford, J. M. (1999). A different mirror a conversation with Ronald Takaki. Educational Leadership 56: 7, pp. 8-13. [ER]
Morrison, Toni. (1993). Nobel Prize in Literature Lecture. |
| 3
Sept 14 |
UNIT 2
What do we mean by literacy now?
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Gee, J. P. (1989). What is literacy? Journal of Education. 171(1), pp. 18-25. [ER]
Harste, J. C. (2003). What do we mean by literacy now? Voices from the Middle. 10:3, pp. 8-12. [ER]
Heath, S. B. (1994). What no bedtime story means: Narrative skills at home and school. In Maybin, J (ed.). Language and Literacy in Social Practice (pp. 73-95). Philadelphia: Multilingual Matters. [ER]
Drama articles (see Oncourse) |
| 4
Sept 21
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UNIT 2
What frameworks might help us conceptualize critical reading?
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A Brief History of the Idea of Critical Thinking.
Critical literacy.
Luke, A., & Freebody, P. (1997). Shaping the social practices of reading. In Muspratt, S., Luke, A. & Freebody, P. Constructing critical literacies. (pp. 185-225) Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc. [ER] |
| 5
Sept 28
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UNIT 2
What is the teacher’s/educator’s role in supporting critical reading?
How can we understand children and young adults as critical readers?
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Response Paper #1
- Due Sun.
Oct 4 |
Lewison, M., Flint, A.S., Van Sluys, K. (2002). Taking on critical literacy: The journey of newcomers and novices. Language Arts, 79(5), 382-392. [ER]
Delpit, L. (2002). No kinda sense. In L. Delpit & J. Kilgour-Dowdy (Eds.), The skin that we speak: Thoughts on language and culture in the classroom (pp. 31-48). New York: The New Press. [ER]
de la Torre, Marco.
Young, Randy. Lyfe-N-Rhyme
[Additional readings to be announced] |
| 6
Oct 5
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UNIT 2
What is the teacher's/educator's role in supporting critical reading? |
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Comber, B. (1999). “Coming, ready or not!”: What counts as early literacy?
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. [Examples of teachers’ work]
Brown, V.
Wolk, E.
Pincus, S.
Damico, J., & Riddle, R. (2004). From answers to questions: A beginning teacher learns to teach for social justice. Language Arts, (82)1, 36-46. [ER]
[Additional reading to be announced] |
| 7
Oct 12
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UNIT 3
What does it mean to think & read critically from different disciplinary perspectives?
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Turner, E., & Font Strawhun, B.T. (2004-2005). 'With math, it's like you have more defense.'
Petersen, B. (2004). Measuring water with justice.
Segall, A. (2003). Maps as stories about the world. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 16(1), 21-25. [ER]
Rojas, V. P. (2001). A view from the foxhole: Elevating foreign language classrooms. In Developing minds: A resource book for teaching thinking. Ed. A.L. Costa. 3rd ed. Alexandria, VA; ASCD. (326-331). [ER]
Christensen, L. (2003). The politics of correction. |
| 8
Oct 19
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UNIT 3
What are additional ways of promoting critical reading?
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Submit Idea and Plan for Final Project
- Due Thurs. Oct. 22 at midnight EST |
Singer, J. & Shagoury, R. (2005/2006). Stirring up justice: Adolescents reading, writing, and changing the world. [ER]
Songs as Critical Literacy [tudent generated reading]
Wohlwend, K. (2006). I am not an American girl: Resisting discourses of agency,
innocence and patriotism. [ER]
[Additional poems, stories, video clips] |
| 9
Oct 26
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UNIT 3
What is the educational impact of living in a digital world?
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Web Analysis
Critical Web Reader
- Due Sun.
Nov. 1 |
Jenkins, H. (2006). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century.
Center for Media Literacy
Luke, C. (1999). What Next? Toddler Netizens, Playstation Thumb, Techno-literacies. [ER]
[Additional reading to be announced] |
| 10
Nov. 2
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UNIT 3
What are challenges and possibilities of critical reading with "new texts and technologies"? |
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Evaluating Web resources
Penn State
Berkeley
Cornell
Duke
Quality Information Checklist
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation
[scroll down to second link beneath "Information by the Author" - open the 7/02 document]
Kathy Schrock Guide for Educators:
Critical Evaluation Survey: Secondary School Level
History Matters: Making Sense of Evidence
Scholars in Action: Analyze a Daguerreotype
[Additional reading to be announced] |
| 11
Nov. 9
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UNIT 3
How do local, state, national and international standards address critical reading? |
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Social Studies Standards
Mathematics Standards
Science Standards (Grades 5-8)
Standards for the English Language Arts
Choose a set of state or local standards |
| 12
Nov. 16
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UNIT 4
How do we create resources for students, parents, other stakeholders in education?
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Critical Literacy Lesson Plans
[focus on 8 plans under “Lesson Plans”]
35 Dimensions of Critical Thought
Remodelled Lesson Plans |
| 13
Nov. 23
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Thanksgiving Break |
| 14
Nov. 30 |
UNIT 4
What does it mean to envision education with/through different perspectives?
How is your final project progressing? What feedback would you like on it? |
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Gay, G. (1993). Building cultural bridges: A bold proposal for teacher education. Education and Urban Society, (25)3, 285-299. [ER]
Lugones, M., & Spelman, E. (1983). Have we got a theory for you! Feminist theory, cultural imperialism and the demand for “the women’s voice”. Women’s Studies International Forum, (6)6, 573-581. [ER]
Linnė, R. (2003). Alternative textualities: media culture and the proto-queer. 16(5), 669-689. [ER]
[Additional reading] |
| 15
Dec. 7 |
UNIT 4
What can we learn from each of our projects?
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Final project
- Due Mon.
Dec. 14 |
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| 16
Dec. 14
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Online Course Evaluation
- Due Friday, Dec. 18 |
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