EDUC 220 — Foundations of Literacy
Learning to Read and Reading to Learn. It is often assumed that lea rning how to read is a basic developmental milestone, just like learning how to walk and talk. Educators understand that learning how to read is a both a dynamic and complex intellectual process. This course explores the research on language acquisition an d development in children as a way to better understand how students begin to acquire and progress through requisite skills to produce both confident and competent readers. Group work, group inquiry, and field work in classrooms are integral parts of this course. Prerequisite(s): ENGL-100 or ENGL-101 Corequisite(s): none