ADTED 459: Interactive Literacy and Parent Involvement: Supporting Academic Success
Offered each Spring Semester
ADTED 459: Interactive Literacy and Parental Involvement: Supporting Academic Success: identifies and analyzes current research related to parent involvement in education and parent-child interactive literacy activities. Language diversity of all types will be an ongoing theme, and the course will review research-based teaching practices and activities with adaptations for English language learners and for children with other types of language differences.
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify key characteristics of parent involvement in a child’s language and literacy development and the literature that informs the value of parent involvement.
- Discuss a variety of supportive literacy and language development activities.
- Discuss research that informs interactive literacy parent trainings.
- Identify and discuss the implications of working with diverse families.
- Identify how relevant life content can be built into literacy activities.
- Appreciate the relevance and importance of professional development.
Course Topics
- Introduction to Parent Involvement
- Perceptions of Parents’ Educational Role
- School-Home Connection
- Fathers Versus Mothers
- Parent Involvement Interactive Literacy Activities
- What Are They?
- Parent Interventions
- Working with Diverse Families
- Media & Digital Literacy
- Health Literacy