Reading Methods

Catalog description

This course is designed to prepare undergraduate and graduate teaching candidates to help all students become effective, strategic readers who read and write enthusiastically and purposefully. This course will discuss not only reading theory and practice, but also more broadly, holistic language theory and practice, within which reading is a part. Children\2019s growth and development in literacy depends on their having knowledgeable, caring and thoughtful teachers; helping students learn to read and write is an exciting, rewarding and honorable responsibility. Individual principles of reading instruction presented will serve as fundamental guiding ideas during this semester. In addition, this course will focus on the overwhelming importance of the teacher in a successful literacy program. Prerequisites: Graduate level EDRE569 Minimum grade of C or Graduate level EDME576 Minimum grade of C Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate College of Health and Human Sciences School of Education