Lydia Menna
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education - Elementary Education
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education - Elementary Education
- menna@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-9998
- Address
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630 Education Centre - South
11210 - 87 Ave NWEdmonton ABT6G 2G5
Overview
Research
Research interests include:
Literacy, Multiliteracies, Critical Literacy, Teacher Education, Literacy Education
Courses
EDEL 413 - Teaching Language and Literacy in Multilingual Classrooms
This course is designed to help prepare teachers to develop learner's English language and literacies in elementary classrooms, particularly in classrooms where there are children from homes where standard English may not be the first language or dialect. Students will be asked to extend their knowledge of language and literacy instruction to consider the sociolinguistic diversity they will find in contemporary classrooms. Prerequisite: EDEL 305.
EDEL 595 - Special Seminar in Elementary Education: Selected Topics
Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar.