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    Education
    +72-4
    Designs for Learning: Language Arts
    ELEMENTARY
    REGULAR SUMMER SEMESTER
    1983 ?
    INSTRUCTOR: Paul Bion
    Mondays,
    5:30 - 9:20
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    LOCATION: on campus
    OBJECTIVES:
    The course is designed for prospective and practising teachers who wish to study and
    examine the fundamentals of the teaching/learning process with reference to language
    arts.
    The focus of study will be both theoretical and practical in design where students
    will be expected to:
    become familiar with the objectives, learning outcomes and goals of the
    Ministry's curriculum guide.
    - examine various teaching models for developing the communication skills of
    listening, speaking, reading and writing.
    - through reading and class discussion, formulate a definition of language
    arts as it applies to the teaching/learning situation.
    - examine motivational techniques, teaching methodologies and strategies and
    various communication media as it applies to language arts.
    Students should, on completion of the course, be more knowledgeable of the language
    arts curriculum and be able to develop at their chosen grade level a framework for
    a comprehensive programme.
    OUTLINE OF TOPICS:
    Study will begin by examining the Ministry's curriculum guide and will progress
    logically to an instructional perspective on how to teach the communication skills.
    Topics will include:
    1.
    Basic theory of child development and language acquisition
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    In depth examination of the subject areas
    3.
    Books, materials and media for instruction
    4.
    Testing and diagnosis, evaluation and assessment
    5.
    Designing units and lessons for instruction
    6.
    Models of teaching
    REQUIREMENTS:
    of the course.
    ific grade and subject,
    class from the unit.
    of the student's choice in
    attendance and participation in all parts
    completion of assigned readings.
    preparation of a teaching unit for a spec
    presentation of one or two lessons to the
    completion of a project or research paper
    consultation with the instructor.
    REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
    DeHaven, Edna . Teaching and Learning in the Elementary Language
    Arts. Little, Brown, Bdston, 1979.

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