EDUC 249: Discourse Analysis for Education

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Units: 4

Hours: Seminar, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours

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Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent instructor

Description: Analysis of spoken discourse in classrooms and other learning contexts to study social, cognitive, political, and historical aspects of teaching and learning; teacher-student relationships; schooling; and literacy acquisition. Topics include speaker-listener relationships, the social construction of educational roles, and discourse indicators of student development.