Master of Arts - Literacy Studies

Enhance your teaching skills with a Master in Literacy Studies at Western Michigan University. Ideal for international students. Apply now!

The Master of Arts in Literacy Studies: Provides a comprehensive professional development program to meet the need in today’s classrooms for continuous literacy instruction K-12 based on current theory, research and best practices. Is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of reflective practitioners, as they become leaders such as reading specialists, literacy coaches, innovative classroom teachers, researchers and advocates. Reflective practitioners are passionate learners who embrace diversity, actively inquire and reflect upon their own practice and nurture the development of new knowledge and skills. This is accomplished through a process of continuous professional, intellectual and social growth. Students will make connections between and among research, theory, policy and practice to evaluate the teaching-learning process, inquire into how teaching can be improved and develop efficacy based on best practices.