This course will extend topics in reading and writing at the elementary level and provide teacher candidates with opportunities to examine word recognition skills and processes, comprehension strategies and theories, reading and motivation, issues of assessment, and current trends in literacy research. Teacher candidates will have opportunities to explore specific literacy programs and interventions, and consider various roles in literacy education across schools, school boards, and organizations that support reading and writing development.
This course will extend topics in reading and writing at the elementary level and provide teacher candidates with opportunities to examine word recognition skills and processes, comprehension strategies and theories, reading and motivation, issues of assessment, and current trends in literacy research. Teacher candidates will have opportunities to explore specific literacy programs and interventions, and consider various roles in literacy education across schools, school boards, and organizations that support reading and writing development.
