EDEC 30223 - Education in Elementary Curriculum: Reading

Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program or written permission of the Dean, College of Education. Concurrent enrollment in Junior II courses. Block focuses on the study of the nature of literacy and second language learning processes and the relationship among these processes, young children, teachers, curriculum, and instruction. Emphasis is given to the guidance of students as they progress through the continuum of literacy abilities in phonics, decoding, vocabulary and comprehension in early childhood through grade 6. Introduces recent research, philosophies of instruction, curriculum development, literature, and assessments that can be used to improve students' reading and language abilities.





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