ED 318 Content Area Reading & Sec Teach Methods

Advanced Writing. Content Area Reading & Secondary Teaching Methods. This course prepares secondary education candidates to plan and deliver effective instruction in their content areas while supporting adolescent literacy development. Students examine methods of instructional planning, lesson delivery, and assessment, with an emphasis on integrating reading, writing, speaking, listening, and vocabulary into content-specific teaching. Strategies to improve study skills, literacy comprehension, and student engagement are addressed. Note: This course is offered in two formats. Students pursuing secondary licensure take ED 318-A for 4 credits, which includes a required 45-hour field experience completed outside of scheduled class time; one credit is awarded for successful completion of the field experience. Students must successfully complete the field experience in order to pass the course. Elementary Education majors with a Reading minor take ED 318-B for 3 credits, as their 45-hour field experience is completed in ED 325 – Teaching Communication Arts II, taken concurrently. Students must register for the appropriate section based on their program of study.

Credits

3.00 - 4.00

Prerequisite

Take one IW, intermediate writing course. Take PSY-229 or ED-229 with a minimum grade of C-. Admission or provisional admission into to the Teacher Education Program.

Distribution

AW

Offered

Annual Fall Semester