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| Semester: | Spring 2024 |
| Number: | 0802-640-001 |
| Instructor: | Jennifer Dardzinski |
| Days: | Tuesday 4:30 pm - 6:20 pm |
| Note: | Hybrid Online/In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Alumnae Hall 120 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Status: | Tutorial |
| Notes: |
Students must post a completed fieldwork log to Moodle |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Exploration and development of appropriate curricula and methods for early literacy development, infancy through second-grade. The early childhood teacher’s role in supporting home literacy learning: development and practice. Storytelling, reading, reading enrichment, remediation, spelling and writing skills for both native and non-native English Language learners. |
| Learning Goals: |
PERFORMANCE OUTCOMESBased on the six goals of the Conceptual Framework:1. ScholarshipUnderstand the intrinsic values of literacy in the home and in the school.Understand that emergent literacy begins before children enter kindergarten.Understand how schools, families and communities can work together to promote literacy development.Understand the historical controversies that have impacted literacy instruction.Understand the essential values of literature helping children to read and write.Critique research on what constitutes early literacy instruction.2. Reflective PracticeAnalyze and reflect on your history as a reader and writer. What memories do you have as an early reader?Reflect on the type of books that you enjoyed at home and at school.Analyze and reflect on your philosophy of teaching literacy.Analyze and reflect on your strengths and weaknesses in literacy program design and assessment.Develop a personal definition of emergent literacy.3. Social JusticeUnderstand the effects of race, class, culture, economic disadvantage and disability in the emergent literacy program.Understand guidelines and strategies to incorporate instruction in multicultural, gender, class, global and environmental issues.4. Inclusive CommunityAnalyze strategies in identifying individual needs and differences and designing plans to accommodate them.Understand the different skills, abilities, linguistics and cultural characteristics in students.Analyze the impact different aspects of family (composition, cultural perspectives), school (the teacher, teaching styles, and classroom management) and culture has on the development and growth of children in the emergent literacy program.5. WellnessRespect for people as unique human beings.Developmental aspects of cooperative grouping, peer relationships and classrooms as community.The ability to foster cultural understanding, safety and emotional well being and active engagement among children.6. Creativity and the ArtsIn celebration of the arts, develop experiences in music, art and drama to be used in the literacy program to foster creativity.Use expressive arts in developing students’ creative thinking and their appreciation of creativity in their own and other cultures. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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