EDU 331 - Teaching Early Childhood Reading

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Urbana University

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Description:

This course is required for prospective teachers seeking the Provisional Early Childhood License, the Provisional Middle Childhood License, and the Provisional Intervention Specialist License, or the Reading Endorsement. The course examines the development of communications skills in young children from listening and speaking to reading and writing. It explores the notions of "readiness and emergent literacy". It investigates the strategies in young children. The course assists students in becoming acquainted with a wide variety of historic and current approaches to reading, including phonics and Whole Language. It explores assessment instruments and highlights valuable methods and materials. It helps students begin to develop their own eclectic style of teaching reading. Prerequisite: EDU230

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.urbana.edu

Phone Number:

(937) 484-1301

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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