ED 561: Emergent literacy (3 credits)

COURSE
DESCRIPTION

Includes family and home literacy, preschool literacy, and kindergarten and primary grade literacy curriculum and instruction for ages 3-8. This course is designed to provide learners with the opportunity to follow the development of beginning readers and writers through the preschool and primary grade years. The nature of instructional scaffolding that can be provided by families, caregivers, and teachers is designed to match the traits of the emergent reader and writer.

PREREQUISITES

Graduate standing. Prior completion of a foundations course is recommended. Learners are assumed to be teachers with access to students ages 3-8.

COURSE
STRUCTURE

This is a Blackboard-facilitated course. Students are expected to read text assignments as scheduled and respond via web-based discussion boards. This course consists of textbook reading, some supplemental reading and research, and application exercises.

STANDARDS

1.1	Demonstrate knowledge of psychological, sociological, and linguistic foundations of reading and writing processes and instruction.
1.3	Demonstrate knowledge of language development and reading acquisition and the variations related to cultural and linguistic diversity.
1.4	Demonstrate knowledge of the major components of reading (phonemic awareness, word identification and phonics, vocabulary and background knowledge, fluency, comprehension strategies, and motivation) and how they are integrated in fluent reading.
2.2	Use a wide range of instructional practices, approaches and methods, including technology-based practices, for learners at different stages of development and from differing cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
2.3	Use a wide range of curriculum materials in effective reading instruction for learners at different stages of reading and writing development and from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

PRACTICAL
APPLICATIONS

CORE/ELECTIVE

This graduate-level course can be used as 3 core credits in the Literacy Foundations or the Literacy Strategies & Methods thematic areas in the 24-credit Reading Endorsement program, the 12-credit Literary Education program, or for individual professional development. Please consult an advisor at your home institution about adding this course to your program.

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Carol Lauritzen, Professor, College of Education, Eastern Oregon University. Fourteen years of K-12 experience including 3 years as a classroom teacher and 11 years as a language arts specialist. (BA, University of Nebraska; MA, Ph.D., University of Missouri)

TARGET
AUDIENCE

Those seeking a reading endorsement and teachers of early childhood/primary grades.

TIME
COMMITMENT

Students should expect to spend approximately 9 hours per week for 10 weeks in course-related activities (e.g., reading the text and course materials, posting to discussion forums, completing written reports/papers and classroom-based assignments). This course is online and does not require in-person attendance. Assignments are completed on the learner's time schedule and are due as posted.

TEXTBOOK

A textbook is required for this course. See http://chinook.eou.edu/forms/syllabus/pdf/W08ED561.htm.

COST

No course in the ReadOregon curriculum will cost more than $300 per credit, including all fees.

TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS

This online course requires access to the Internet with Word/WordPerfect for written assignments. Recommended minimum computer configuration is:

PC running Windows 95 or newer
Macintosh Quadra 700 or better or Power PC
Modem 28.8 or faster, or other network connection
Sound card and speakers (optional)
32 Megabytes or greater of system RAM
Adequate hard disk drive

CONTACT

For more details on this course, please contact Dr. Carol Lauritzen.