ECE 302 - Reading Methods I

Institution:

Neumann University

Subject:

Early Childhood Education

Description:

Reading Methods I focuses on the foundations for early literacy learning and the instructional strategies for teaching beginning reading and writing from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 1. All aspects of the literacy curriculum and teaching young children reading skills before the age of formal instruction are investigated. An emphasis is placed upon effective and developmentally appropriate strategies for young children. Additionally, students examine issues that impact literacy learning,such as diversity, home-school connections, the role of play in learning, creating a print-richenvironment, and oral language development. Students also learn how to implement specific literacy assessments in order to make sound instructional strategies for developing beginning readers and writers. Prerequisites: ECE 204, ECE 205, ECE 214, ECE 240, and ECE 245.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

ECE-302

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.neumann.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 459-0905

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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