A course focusing on planning, teaching, and assessing the four broad areas of literacy: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students learn the developmental process of how students learn to read and write. They become familiar with state and national literacy standards, objectives, scope, content, organization of the reading curriculum, and lesson planning. Emphasis is placed on the science of reading and the five components of reading identified by the National Reading Panel-phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Students apply what they learn in this class in the corequisite practicum courses. This course is to be taken the fall semester prior to student teaching or with
permission of the instructor and Department Chair.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 2090 Theory of Reading and acceptance into the Teacher Education Program, or permission of the department chair.
Corequisite(s): SPED 3480 Curriculum Adaptations for Language Art Methods.
(Normally offered each fall semester.)
EDUC 2090 Theory of Reading (2 hours)
This course serves as a theoretical foundation for the Reading and Language Arts Methods course. The students will define reading and discuss the purposeful nature of reading. The class presents a survey of the various theories of reading acquisition and familiarizes students with specific theories. It will encourage students to begin forming their own philosophy about the reading process. The State Standards for Reading and Writing will be presented and explored for their connections to theory and practice. The interconnectedness of listening, speaking, reading, and writing will be explored. This course will begin to build the bridge between theory and classroom application.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 1010 Introduction to Education in the United States.
(Normally offered each spring semester.)
Archway Curriculum: Essential Connections: Writing Instructive
SPED 3480 Curriculum Adaptations for Language Art Methods (1 hour)
As a corequisite with EDUC 3450 Methods for Teaching Literacy in K-8, this course will involve the critical study of materials, curriculum, and effective instruction used in teaching children and youth with disabilities.
Corequisite(s): EDUC 3450 Methods for Teaching Literacy in K-8.
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Teacher Education Program or permission of the department chair.
