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    COURSE NUMBER: EDUC. 472_0
    COURSE NAME : Designs For Learning: Language Arts
    SEMESTER: ?
    Fall, 1976
    CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
    Planning for learning; creating learning environments; developing teaching
    strategies and materials.
    COURSE INFORMATION:
    Instructor ?
    Dates ?
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    Time
    Prof. Meguido Zola ?
    September 7th ?
    Mondays
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    4:30 - 8:20
    to December 3rd.
    Range of Topics
    The course is designed to introduce students and practising teachers to
    planning for learning; creating learning environments, and developing
    teaching strategies, techniques and materials in the teaching of language
    arts in the elementary school. The following areas will be explored through
    reading, workshops and seminars, and field activities:
    A. Language growth and development in children.
    B. Experiences in the classroom leading to language growth and development:
    1.
    listening ) including: movement and creative drama, informal talk,
    2. speaking )
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    group discussion etc.
    3.
    reading
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    including: the use of literature
    Li.
    writing ?
    including: written language skills, writing prose and
    poetry etc.
    C. Teaching strategies (e.g. the open classroom, individualization, integration
    with other areas of the curriculum, etc.); techniques (e.g. working with
    large groups, small groups, individuals, experiences, study and skill
    techniques, expressive activities, etc.) and materials.
    D. Curriculum development - diagnosis, objective, planning, implementaion
    and evaluation.
    Reauired Readin
    Moffett, James - A Student-Centred Language Arts Curriculum Grades K-13 or Grades
    K-6 edition.
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    Houghton
    -Mifflin Company, Boston 1973.
    Logan, L. N. Logan, V. G. and Paterson, L. - Creative Communication: Teaching the
    Language Arts.
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    McGraw —Hill Ryerson, New York, 1972.
    Raths, L. et al- Teaching for Thinking.
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    Charles Merrill 1964.
    Veatch, J.
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    - Reading in the Elementary School. Ronald Press, N.Y. 1966.
    Way, Brian ?
    - Development through Drama, ?
    Lonan's.
    Others as recommended.
    Requirements: Attendance and participation in all parts of the course. Others as
    required and/or recommended.

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