EDUC 4344 - Elementary Education Literacy and Language Arts

4 credits

[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] Provides future elementary educators with the necessary content understanding and teaching pedagogy to be successful teachers of reading, writing, speaking, viewing, and listening. The course Introduces the theoretical foundations of reading and presents instructional strategies for the effective teaching of reading in the elementary school. Course topics emphasize phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary building, and reading comprehension. Includes knowledge of current theories of language arts methodology that will help students construct their own philosophies on how to teach the language arts.