EPSY 590 ESM Advanced Seminar in Educational Psychology:
Adult Literacy
Wednesdays, 1-3 pm
Education 385
Instructor: Liz Stine-Morrow (eals@illinois.edu)
Literacy is an important contributor to shaping adult development. At the same time, age-related changes in cognition engender certain changes in the nature of language processing and reading. This course will explore adult literacy as both a cause and an effect of adult development. We will consider how reading develops in adulthood under optimal circumstances as well as in struggling adult readers; the development of literacy-related “cognitive reserve”; and the way in which history-graded change in media impact adult literacy. Class time will include some lecture, but will be primarily devoted to student-led discussions of the primary literature on this topic. (4 hours)
