EDU 302 Literacy Foundations
This is the first of four literacy courses designed to prepare pre-service elementary candidates to teach reading and to understand the theory that undergirds practice. The course presents the key scientifically based reading research foundations needed to understand how reading develops, and effective methods and strategies used to teach literacy skills to young children through young adults. Topics include understanding reading research, cognitive psychology’s contributions to understanding the reading process, language development, the sequence of learning to read, the essential components of reading instruction, and an introduction to the most effective approaches to teaching reading across the grade bands. Different types of reading materials will be evaluated, and current research on the teaching of reading, as well as current public school practice, will be discussed. Each student will be required to observe the teaching of literacy in the public school classroom. Nine (9) hours Field Experience required. This course and the evidence associated with it align with InTASC 1, InTASC 2, InTASC 4, and NCPTS 3.
Corequisite
Should be taken with
EDU 250
Offered
Fall and Spring