Correspondence Directory

Majors and Courses of InstructionEducationtechnologies, appropriate use of manipulative and visual models, appropriate resources, andassessment strategies. F. Prerequisite: 251 and admission to the teacher education program.346. Middle School Methods: Reading & Language Arts (0.5 unit)This course focuses on how teachers can help middle school students learn and develop in their useof language, in their skills of inquiry, and in their ability to comprehend, interpret, and express ideasusing a wide range of texts including print and nonprint media. Special topics include literatureinstruction, language acquisition and structure; dialects, usage, and issues of communication;writing; and multiple ways of assessment. F. Prerequisite: 251 and admission to the teachereducation program.347. Middle School Methods: Science (0.5 unit)This course explores strategies for teaching science with an emphasis on an inquiry-based,constructivist approach. Other issues addressed include: safety issues, legal obligations, managementstrategies inherent in the activity-based teaching of science, the use of technology and instructionalstrategies, the assessment of science learning. F. Prerequisite: 251 and admission to the teachereducation program.348. Middle School Methods: Social Studies (0.5 unit)Examination of ways to integrate knowledge and methodology from the social sciences into themiddle school curriculum. Using various print and non-print resources, students will developstrategies to engage middle school students in social studies content, keeping in mind the diverseneeds of middle school students. F. Prerequisite: 251 and admission to the teacher educationprogram.349. Field Practicum: Middle School (0.5 unit)This practicum is taken concurrently with the middle school content methods course in the fall ofthe junior year, and concurrently with the appropriate middle school content methods course inthe fall of the senior year. Students participate in a series of planned, supervised field experiences intheir area of concentration in a middle school classroom, do focused observations, plan and teachlessons, and make informed decisions about the use of varied instructional strategies. F. Prerequisite:251 and admission to the teacher education program.351. Phonics and the Teaching of ReadingThe teaching of phonics within the contexts of reading, writing, and spelling. The nature and roleof word recognition in the teaching of reading, methods for developing phonemic awareness as partof an integrated reading program, and the relationships between linguistics and phonics is stressed.The effect of deficits in phonemic awareness on decoding, spelling, and word recognition to readingdisabilities is also explored. S. Prerequisite: 251 and admission to the teacher education program.352. Corrective ReadingThis course is designed to provide a theoretical, research and experimental base for instructionaldecision making when working with students diagnosed with reading challenges. It provides astrong theoretical framework from which the candidates will be prepared to use various assessmenttools and strategies to discern student strengths and weaknesses as readers, then use this informationto develop appropriate reading programs to meet their specific needs. Attention is also given to107