EDRE 312 - Reading Methods

3 Credit Hours
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’s 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: (Undergraduate level EDFD100 Minimum grade of B and Undergraduate level EDFD110 Minimum grade of C and Undergraduate level EDEC210 Minimum grade of C) or (Undergraduate level EDEL100 Minimum grade of B and Undergraduate level EDFD110 Minimum grade of C and Undergraduate level EDEC210 Minimum grade of C) or (Undergraduate level EDRE269 Minimum grade of C)

Levels: Graduate Undergraduate

College of Professional Sci School of Education