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EDUCATION 472-4: DESIGNS FOR LEARNING:

ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS (ELEMENTARY)

Instructor: Susan Lund

Phone: 762-7600

764-7261 (home)

Summer Intersession, 1990

(May 7 - June 18)

Monday/Wednesday

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: Simon Fraser University

Tele-Learning Centre

Okanagan College

1000 KLO Road

Kelowna, B.C.

PREREQUISITE: Educ. 401/2 or equivalent

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This course is designed for teachers who wish to examine fundamental principles

underlying the Language Arts curriculum and explore means of selecting and developing

materials, strategies and techniques to create a rich learning environment for their

students. The course will contain theoretical and practical components, and the students

will be expected to:

- demonstrate an understanding of child development and curriculum goals in

designing appropriate learning activities:

- examine various methods for developing the communication skills of reading,

writing, listening and speaking:

- critically examine resources for motivating and/or teaching language skills;

- examine the role of the teacher in Language Arts Education.

OUTLINE OF TOPICS:

-child development and the aquisition of language;

-planning and evaluating student learning in the Language Arts curriculum;

-oral language: discussion, dialogue, drama, storytelling, listening;

-reading instruction: word recognition, comprehension;

-written expression: stages, forms, spelling and language conventions;

-children's literature: use of and responding to;

-language across the curriculum: integration.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

-attendance,partici patio n and assigned readings

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15%

-completion of short oral and/or written assignments,

including a professional journal

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35%

-completion of projects

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50%

REQUIRED TEXT:

Text to be discussed at the first class