EDEM 6631 Literacy Methods

Elementary Literacy Methods is organized to provide teacher candidates with the instructional practices needed to effectively deliver literacy instruction to diverse PK-5 learners. The course moves from the theoretical foundations of literacy to the methods for delivering joyful and developmentally appropriate literacy instruction. Teacher candidates will examine, evaluate, and reflect on their literacy acquisition experiences and explore and recognize the rich literacies young people develop before and during their elementary school years. Central to becoming effective literacy educators and a requirement for this program is for candidates to read widely and reference 21st-century children’s literature in their instructional planning. 

Registration Name

Literacy Methods

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Offered

Athens: Fall, Demorest: Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Design effective lesson plans for developing readers and writers. 
2. Develop culturally responsive practices that affirm the languages and literacies of students. 
3. Incorporate social constructivism and other major learning theories into literacy teaching philosophy. 
4. Adjust instructional decisions based on data from formative and summative assessments. 
5. Collaborate to solve problems of practice using current research.