EDCI 740 - Oral Discourse, Cognition and Diversity

3 Hour(s) Credit
Examines cultural/social, historical, theoretical and cognitive perspectives on oral language use in societies. Investigates how oral discourse patterns in cultures/homes and in schools shape cognition and ways of communicating and understanding. Develops knowledge of the ways diverse oral discourse patterns and cognitive structures improve all students’ literacy and learning when adaptations are made in classrooms.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites Admission to Ed.D. program, EDCI 700.