EDR 550 - Fundamentals of Reading Instruction

3 credit(s)
This is a graduate-level course designed to introduce the developing teacher to reading instruction and the development of a reading/ writing community. This course will emphasize the theory and components of the reading process that will help teachers develop a set of clear principles and strategies for literacy instruction. Semantic, syntactic, graphophonic, and pragmatic sources of information will be explored. The latest research about literacy development and its relationship to classroom instruction for all learners will be reviewed. Approaches to teaching low-English-proficient and at-risk students will be integrated throughout the course. This course is designed for students who have had no previous course work in the area of reading.

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