EDUCATION 472-4

(Elementary)

Summer Session, 1990

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Instructor: Carol Pfaff

(July 3- August 10)

Mondays & Wednesdays

1:00P.M. -4:50P.M.

Location: MPX 7600

PREREQUISITE:

EDUC 401/402, or equivalent.

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 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.

TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:

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child development and the acquisition of language;

- the Language Arts curriculum - planning for and evaluating student

learning;

- reading instruction and the writing process as understood in the

"whole language approach";

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children's literature, story telling;

- resources and materials -- texts, films, records;

- language across the curriculum.

REQUIREMENTS:

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attendance, participation and assigned readings:

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15%

- completion of projects:

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35%

- short written assignments:

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50%

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Harste, Jerome, Short, Kathy & Burke, C. Creating Classrooms for Authors

Hansen, J. When Writers Read