EDUC 3300 - Literacy Beyond the Early Years

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Education

Description:

Required for all Special Education majors. This course will focus on developing the pedagogical knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate literacy instruction for students in the intermediate grades (3-12). This course content will focus on the core components (phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension) as well as assessment and intervention. These components are all necessary to build strong literacy skills and determine appropriate differentiation strategies needed for readers with diverse backgrounds, cultures, language and reading needs. Teacher candidates will practice these pedagogical skills during a field experience in the public schools. This course is designated as an Active Learning Professional Practice (ALPP) course. This course allows students to explore and apply content learned in the course in a professional experience away from the classroom. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Recall the general scope and content of literacy instruction. 2. Interpret and apply the general principles of effective instruction in literacy lessons including principles of planning, organization, explicit instruction, feedback, and assessment in order to meet the needs of diverse students through grade 12. 3. Plan literacy instruction in the intermediate grades and beyond in the following areas: Decoding, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. 4. Apply the principles of literacy instruction in the following areas: decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension with students in grades 3-12. Prerequisites: Admission to the Utah Tech University Special Education program. FA, SP

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

General Education

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