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Literacy and Learning

Spring 2009

Mondays 9:30 – 12:15

James Elmborg (SLIS)

http://slis.uiowa.edu/~elmborg/inflolit-1.1.zip

Topic, Readings, Assignments

January 26

Introduction to the course and Foundational Documents / Concepts

• 21st Century Literacy
• Information Power
• Instruction Section of ACRL
• Public Library Association
• Personal Learning Inventory

February 2
Context and Research

Read:
The “Research Process” from Carol Kuhthau's Seeking Meaning
“Technical Rationalism” from Donald Schon’s Educating the Refelctive Practitioner
“Researching Teaching Practices" from Jabari Mahiri's ‘Talking the Talk’ to ‘Walking the Walk’” in Research in the Teaching of English

February 9

How People Learn

Dewey, John.  "Education as Growth."  From Democracy and Education

Perry, William. Cognitive and Ethical Growth: The Making of Meaning. (External Link)
Gardner, Howard. “Multiple Intelligences.” From Frames of Mind.

February 16

How People Learn (continued)
Gee, James P.“Semiotic Domains: Is Playing Video Games a “Waste of Time”? From What Video Games have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

Vygotsky, Lev. Scaffolding, Language, and the Zone of Prozimal Development. From Educational Psychology

February 23

What Literacy Means

McLuhan, Marshall. “The Written Word.” In Understanding media: The Extensions of Man.

Pratt, Mary Louise. “The Arts of the Contact Zone.” From Professing in the Contact Zone.

Wysocki and Johnson-Eiola. “Why are We using Literacy as a Metaphor for Everything Else? In Passions and pedagogies and 21st Century Technologies.

March 2

What Literacy Means (continued)

Street. “The New Literacy Studies.” In Literacy a Critical Sourcebook

Hobbs, Renee. “Expanding the Concept of literacy.” In Media Literacy in the Information Age: Current Perspectives

Lankshear and Knobel. "The 'New Literacy Studies' and the Study of New Literacies." in New Literacies: Changing Knowledge and Classroom Learning.

March 9

Pedagogy and Practice

Reddy, Michael J. “The Conduit Metaphor—A Case of Fram Conflict in Our Language about Language.” From Metaphor and Thought.

Freire, Paolo. “The Banking Concept of Education.” From Pedagody of the Oppressed.

Bartholomae, David. “Writing the University.” From Cross-Talk in Comp Theory.

Hooks, Bell. “Introduction” and “Engaged Pedagogy” from Teaching to Transgress.

March 16

SPRING BREAK

March 23
Information Literacy in Context (Becoming a Teaching Librarian)
"A Practice Theory of Self and Identity" from Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds. Cain, Holland, Lachicotte, and Skinner.
Weiler, Angela. "Information-Seeking Behavior in Generation Y Students: Motivation, Critical Thinking, and Learning Theory. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 31, Number 1, pages 46–53

March 30

Critical Information Literacy
"Critical Information Literacy: Implications for Instructional Practice." Elmborg
"Literacies and libraries – Archives and cybraries." Luke and Kapitzke
"Teaching Toward Freedom." Ayers

April 6

The View from the Outside... Libraries as Others
"Books that are True; Stories that are Made Up:School Libraries and the Politics of Reading." Dressman
Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. Jenkins

April 13

Issues in the Field: Focus Groups and Projects

April 20

Sample Teaching Sessions and Critique

April 27

Sample Teaching Sessions and Critique

May 4

Sample Teaching Sessions and Critique

Final Paper Due Date to be Announced