Mar 28, 2024  
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Undergraduate Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EDUC 321 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts to Pre-school Children 3 hours


The study of how to teach emergent reading skills to pre-school children. Students learn to apply the modalities of language to early literacy experiences, investigate instructional approaches and methods of teaching reading. Phonemic and phonological awareness and resulting phonics as well as whole language methods are incorporated into a balanced reading approach. Teaching strategies, unique uses of children’s literature, and early writing processes are also investigated. Includes field experience of 15 hours. Prerequisites: EDUC 100  and EDUC 300 , or EDUC 505; admission to the Teacher Certification Program. $40 lab fee.