Course Description
The Art of Making Meaning: Educational Perspectives on Literacy and Learning in a Global World, EDUC W140A
Enrollment and waitlists for Spring Semester 2024 will CLOSE - January 19, 2024.
This course combines theory and practice in the study of literacy and development. It will introduce sociocultural educational theory and research focused especially on literacy teaching and learning, and this literature will be examined in practice through participation in after-school programs. In addition, the course will contribute to an understanding of how literacy is reflected in race, culture, and ethnicity in the United States and how these symbolic systems shift in a digital world.
Key Information
Credit: 6 quarter units /
4 semester units credit
UC Berkeley, Grad School of Education
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic advisor or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
General Education: American Cultures requirement
Major Requirement: Applied Language Studies; Cognitive Science: Society, Culture, and Cognition; Education: fulfills Education minor elective; Social Welfare: Secondary Social Sciences Course; Chemistry BS, BA: Satisfies 4 UD units toward College of Letters and Sciences Breadth Requirement
UC Davis:
Unit Credit
UC Irvine:
Unit Credit
UC Los Angeles:
Unit Credit
UC Merced:
Upper division SOC elective towards major/Minor; units toward degree (see your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
General Education: Elective units
UC San Diego:
General Education: Revelle - 1 course for Social Science (no major overlap); Warren - May be counted depending on major/PofC/AS; Transfer students may use for UD noncontiguous GE depending on major; TMC 1 course toward upper division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major; Sixth - 1 course Social Analysis, Muir: 1 course in a Social Science theme in "Culture, Society, and Social Justice" Seventh - 1 course towards Alternatives - Social Science;
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Major Requirement: Minor: likely applicable to "Area III. Elective" requirement for Educational Studies Minor after petition.
Not applicable toward Applied Psychology or Science and Mathematics Education minors.
UC Santa Cruz:
General Education: PE-H
Major Requirement: Elective for Education minor
Course Fees
None
Course Creator
Glynda Hull
Glynda A. Hull is a professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where she also holds the Elizabeth H. and Eugene A. Shurtleff Chair in Undergraduate Education. She recently collaborated with educators in several countries, with support from the Spencer Foundation, to create and study an international social networking project for youth. In California over the last ten years, with support from the US Department of Education and other agencies, she has created and studied after school programs for K-12 youth that emphasize digital media. Her current research focuses on designing innovative online spaces for learning and exploring the burgeoning phenomenon of global schools.
Glynda A. Hull is a professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where she also holds the Elizabeth H. and Eugene A. Shurtleff Chair in Undergraduate Education. She recently collaborated with educators in several countries, with support from the Spencer Foundation, to create and study an international social ...
Glynda A. Hull is a professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where she also holds the Elizabeth H. and Eugene A. Shurtleff Chair in Undergraduate Education. She recently collaborated with educators in several countries, with support from the Spencer Foundation, to create and study an international social networking project for youth. In California over the last ten years, with support from the US Department of Education and other agencies, she has created and studied after school programs for K-12 youth that emphasize digital media. Her current research focuses on designing innovative online spaces for learning and exploring the burgeoning phenomenon of global schools.
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