EDU 307 - Current Approaches to Reading and Language Arts

Institution:

College of Our Lady of the Elms

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Description:

This survey course begins with early literacy approaches in the kindergarten and ends with content area reading strategies in the middle school. The course integrates reading with writing, speaking, dramatics, literature, and other media as students design lessons and thematic units that support literacy development. The course emphasizes a balanced approach to reading instruction that includes word study, phonics, reading for meaning strategies, and literature-based approaches. Classroom and formal assessment strategies are emphasized. Ten hours of fieldwork required. Prerequisites: EDU 100, PSY 214, EDU 319.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.elms.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 594-2761

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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