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(SS) Social and Administrative SciencesEDE – Elementary Education (continued)with EDE 360 Practicum A.Early Childhood: To be taken concurrentlywith EDC 374.Teaching literacy as a lifelong endeavorincluding reading research, emergent literacy/reading readiness, writing, listening andspeaking in order to prepare students to becomecompetent communicators. Emphasis on thedevelopment and organization of an authenticlanguage arts program including the principlesand practices which will lead to literacy.Observations in a variety of settings, includingearly childhood programs and elementaryclassrooms enable the student to learn aboutthe support of emergent literacy and thedelivery of literacy instruction in the primarygrades. 6:0:6EDE 385Diagnosis and Remediation for MathDifficultiesPrerequisites: MA 135 plus one additionalMath course.admission to the School for Education.Elementary: To be taken concurrently withEDE 360CPracticum. Early Childhood: To be takenconcurrently with EDC 374: K-3 practicum.This course will study effective assessment/diagnostic and instructional techniques,including remedial strategies, for the teachingof mathematics to prepare preservice teachercandidates to work with elementary schoolstudents. Preservice teacher candidates willapply their knowledge of the assessment/diagnostic process and prescriptive teachingstrategies to work with directly with studentsin the area of mathematics during a fieldexperience in an elementary school setting.3:0:3elementary school students in a classroomsetting and/or one on one for 32 hours ofcombined assessment and remedial tutoringin a school setting during regularly scheduledcourse hours set reserved for this purpose.This course is designed to prepare teachersto individualize reading instruction within aliteracy program in the elementary school. 3:0:3* To be taken concurrently with EDE 360CPracticum.Student must pass appropriate PRAXIS IIbefore enrolling in Directed Teaching withSeminar.EDE 410Elementary Directed Teaching with SeminarPrerequisites: EDE 359 (with at least a gradeof “B”), EDE 387, EDE 380, and admissionto the School for Education and cumulativeGPA of 2.75. A ten-week experience in directedteaching in an area school. The student willobserve and actually teach in a classroom.Included will be 30 contact hours of seminar,an intensive period before teaching begins,biweekly meetings during the experience ofdirected teaching and immediately at theconclusion. The purpose of the seminar is toallow exploration of issues and experiences inreflective way to enhance the directed teachingexperience. 2:10:12EDE 387Diagnosis & Remediation of ReadingDifficultiesPrerequisite: : EDE 380 and admission to theSchool for Education.*A survey of the instruments which teacherscan use in their classroom to screen readingdifficulties. The instruments will bedemonstrated and mastered as part of thecourse. Methods and materials available tothe classroom teacher for remediation readingdifficulties are also a focus of this course.Preservice students are required to work with277