RDL 565 - Reflective Seminar in Reading and Literacy

The Professional Standards for Teaching emphasize regular, reflective practices to ensure that all teachers are using best practices and meeting the diverse needs of their students. The Reflective Seminar builds a candidate’s reflective capacities, as they integrate knowledge of students, assessment, and curriculum into effective literacy pedagogies. It provides a forum for introspection, professional dialogue, and collaborative problem solving in the field of reading instruction. The Reflective Seminar in Reading Instruction, and the Practicum in Reading Instruction (RDL 560) are taken concurrently.

During this course, students will create and implement an action research project to specifically improve an aspect of their teaching practice, as guided by the Seven Essential Elements for Teaching (State of MA). The course will engage students as practitioner-scholars. The action research project will demonstrate a candidate’s knowledge of reading instruction, current research, evidence based practices, and one’s ability to make purposeful changes to instruction based on data.

(Cr: 3