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LYST 271 - Family, Community, School and Workplace Literacy
Spring
In this seminar, participants explore how our understandings of the plurality
of literacies in family, community, and workplace settings can inform the ways
in which we create literacy environments: 1) for children in school; 2) for adults
in “basic” education programs; 3) for students in college; and 4) for adults in
the workplace. Participants are encouraged to establish critical sites of inquiry
in which they can document the ways in which people use literacy in a variety
of everyday settings. The underlying premise of the course is that 1) all literacies
are situated; 2) all uses of written language can be seen as located in particular
times and places; 3) all literate activity is indicative of broader social practices;
and that 4) it is through literacy, in all its complexity, that difficult problems
can become amenable to human action.
Prerequisites & Notes
LYST 273 B is taken concurrently with this course. LYST 270 or permission of
instructor.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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