GRDG 615 - Literacy: Family/School/Community Collaboration

3 Credit(s)

In this course students examine the role that community and family literacy programs, and parent-school partnerships have played in the literacy development and education of children. Students will evaluate practices of these social institutions and their effectiveness in light of current research concerning literacy education and diverse families and communities. Students will discuss current practices and future trends of collaboration between diverse literacy models of development of schools, families, and communities to support children’s literacy development.