在学习，认知，指导和发展集中的扫盲教育专业化课程，学生可以进行定性和定量的实证研究，以促进识字理论的发展及其在实践中的应用。本专业探索适用于整个人类生命周期和专业连续领域的教师，学习者和政策制定的研究和理论。假设人们在不同背景下与各种各样的文本进行交互的同时，人们在提高和掌握识字能力的前提下打动了学生的工作，那么识字是社会建构和制定的。
The specialization in Literacy Education within the Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development concentration prepares students to conduct qualitative and quantitative empirical research advancing development of literacy theory and its application to practice. This specialization explores research and theory as they apply to teachers, learners, and policymaking across the human lifespan and the professional continuum. Students? work is undergirded by the assumption that people improve and acquire literacy skills while interacting with a broad variety of texts in diverse contexts, literacy is socially constructed and enacted.