Fall 2017  |  ENGL 3741 Section 001: Literacy and American Cultural Diversity (15818)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Field Work
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Community Engaged Learning
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 105
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Nature, acquisition, institutionalization, state of literacy in United States. Focuses on issues of culturally diverse, disadvantaged members of society. Service-learning component requires tutoring of children/adults in community service agencies.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?daig0004+ENGL3741+Fall2017
Class Description:
Do you care about public schools and adult basic education? Are you worried that excessive standardized testing is turning students into zombies while turning testing company CEOs into billionaires? Not convinced that "multiculturalism" is the best response to institutional racism? Tired of too much reading and too little taking action? Want to me other students and community members who care? You'll be in good company in this class.
"Literacy and American Cultural Diversity" combines academic study with experiential learning in order to build more engaged and more critical understandings of literacy, education, multiculturalism, and social justice. Our readings -- not only literature, but government studies, as well as sociological, philosophical, and educational writings -- will provide a theoretical basis for our inquiries by contrasting institutionally dominant discourses of functional literacy (education as meritocracy training) with alternative literacies that seek to dismantle social injustices. As we explore the convergence and divergence between theory and practice, students will work for two hours a week at a participating community organization (K-12 or adult English Language Learning programs). At all points, the course supports students in thinking through questions of ethics and social justice, and in creating social change through their involvement in community literacy activities. This course fulfills the "Diversity and Social Justice in the U.S." LE theme.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15818/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 March 2017

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