2010-2011 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

EDEC 5310 Preschool Curriculum and Instruction
EDEC 5311 Kindergarten Curriculum and Instruction
Prerequisites: EDEC 5306 or permission of the instructor
EDEC 5351 Emergent Literacy
Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education
(Offered also as 5351 and EDSP 5351.)
READING
EDRE 4304 Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Difficulties
Prerequisites: EDRE 4310, and EDUC 4301
Causes of reading difficulties along with the use of diagnostic evaluation to select appropriate instructional materials
and strategies for correction are explored. (Offered also as EDRE 5304.)
EDRE 4305 Literacy Management and Technology
Prerequisites: EDUC 4301, 5313 or 6302 and EDRE 4310
Literacy instructional concerns such as grouping, diversity, portfolios, study skills, and test-taking strategies are
addressed along with practical applications for using technology in the classroom. (Offered also as EDRE 5305.)
EDRE 4310 Reading for Pre-Adolescents
Prerequisite: EDUC 4301 or 4311.
Included in this course are methods and materials for teaching developmental reading to children in elementary school
settings. The course emphasizes competence in assessing specific strengths and weaknesses in the reading skills of
children, lesson planning in order to prepare learning activities appropriate to children‘s needs, and interacting with
children in such a way that learning is maximized. Both on-campus activities and field experiences are included. This
course is a prerequisite for student teaching. Students taking this course must simultaneously register for EDRE 4310-
L1, except in summer. (Offered also as EDRE 5310.)
EDRE 4315 Writing and Prescriptive Teaching in the Literacy Classroom
Prerequisite: EDUC 4301, 5313 or 6302, and EDRE 4310 or 4350
Students investigate and experience the parallel stages between reading and writing processes as well as assuming a
diagnostic prescriptive role in working individually with an elementary student. (Offered also as EDRE 5315.)
EDRE 4320 Teaching Reading Through Children‘s Literature
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the best in literature for children. The student gains an in-depth
knowledge of the major genres of children‘s literature, how to critically evaluate books using specific criteria, and how
to make use of that knowledge in extending pupil skills in developmental reading as well as the creation of lifetime
reading habits. Students also become familiar with the lives and works of major authors and illustrators of works for
children. (Offered also as EDRE 5320.)
EDRE 4330 Teaching Content Area Reading Skills
Prerequisites: EDUC 4301 or 4311; EDUC 4312.
This is a course designed to acquaint the elementary and secondary school teachers, with methods of teaching reading
in the content areas. Topics to be studied will include assessment procedures, comprehension skills in content areas,
readability and materials suitability, study skills, vocabulary development, developing reading rate flexibility, reading
efficiency, grouping procedures, and lesson design. Students are required to write formal lesson plans. (Offered also as
EDRE 5330.)
EDRE 4350 Reading and the Language Arts
Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education program
An analysis of the development of reading, speaking, listening, thinking and writing visualizing, and visually
representing abilities. Both on-campus and field experiences are included. Students taking this course must
simultaneously register for EDRE 4350-L1, except in summer. (Offered also as EDRE 5350.)
EDRE 4351 Emergent Literacy
Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education
(Offered also as EDEC 4351/5351, EDRE 5351 and EDSP 4351/5351.)
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