EDUC 352 - Language Arts Pedagogy for Middle Childhood

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This course is designed to prepare middle childhood education candidates to teach language arts to students in grades 4-9. The course prepares candidates to teach reading, writing, listening/visual literacy, and oral communications using appropriate instructional methods, learning activities, and materials based on the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and National Council of Teachers of English standards. Candidates also learn to assess student outcomes and to collect and analyze data to evaluate student achievement as well as reflect on their own teaching. The course includes an intensive field experience. (Offered fall semester.) Prerequisite(s): Admittance into Teacher Education Program.