EDUC340 (Not Liberal Arts) $ Literacy Instruction Inside Middle and Secondary Schools 4 hrs. 3 crs. This required literacy education course for secondary education teacher candidates blends theoretical and developmental constructs with practical methods for developing standards-based literacy instructional strategies in content area and vocations classrooms. Emphasis is on building assessment-based strategies for literacy learning to meet the needs of all children. Students will focus on using content-based text, electronic text, and multimedia formats to encourage adolescents to respond to literature, research and process information, study effectively, and build strategies for reading. THIS IS A WRITING INTENSIVE COURSE. Preq: Formal admission to the teacher education program for teacher education candidates, departmental permission for non-degree students. hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory.