EDUC 335 - READING SKILLS AND METHODS FOR MIDDLE CHILDHOOD

Hours: 5
This course is grounded in and builds on knowledge and understanding of the linguistic foundations of literacy and of middle childhood/adolescent development. It focuses on methods, techniques, and materials of literacy instruction and assessment designed to foster pupils’ growth toward greater autonomy and maturity as readers and writers. The course emphasizes the thinking processes and decision making responsibilities of teachers as they create literacy learning environments that encourage active engaged learning, identify students’ needs, and plan instruction that allows pupils to experience personally meaningful interactions and transactions as both readers and authors of texts across a range of genre and for a variety of purposes. The course includes 15 clinical hours.
Prerequisites: EDUC 200, and EDUC 170 or ENGL 295.
Notes: Teacher candidates must achieve a grade of C or better.

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EDUC 335 - READING SKILLS AND METHODS FOR MIDDLE CHILDHOOD