EDUC 356 - Language Arts Pedagogy for Adolescents to Young Adults

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This course is designed to prepare adolescent to young adult education candidates to teach language arts to students in grades 7-12. 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 supervised field experience. (Offered fall.) Prerequisite(s): Admittance into the Teacher Education Program.