Description
An overview of elementary language arts education-history, issues, state and national standards. Standards-based instruction for elementary language arts will be examined and applied. Includes an emphasis on instructional technologies. Examines the nature of language through different theoretical approaches so that sounds principles of language development may be applied as children learn to use and control language through reading, writing, listening, and speaking in the classroom. Taken as part of a methods block that requires a 30-hour field experience in which candidates prepare, teach, and assess lessons. Prerequisites: Admission to teacher educaiton; Educ 303; Educ 306; Educ 313; Educ 316. Corequisites: Educ 315; Educ 405; Educ 423; Educ 398 or Educ 399. Offered: Fall