Redesigning Literacy: Our Story

Abstract

experience spread out over two courses at the end of the newly designed program. Candidates spend one, seven-week block in Literacy-Based Academic Inquiry , determining the topic of their action research, the questions they want to ask, the data sources that can address those questions, and a strategy to be implemented. During the Literacy Capstone course, the action research project is finalized as candidates revisit their methodology for data collection, engage in data analysis, report results and key findings, offer conclusions, while also identifying implications for both teaching and learning. This course is last in their instructional sequence, prior to graduation.