EDRE 3350 - Early Language and Literacy Development

3 hours

Course focuses on theoretical and practical applications of early language and literacy development (birth through grade K). With an emphasis on family and community literacy practices, this course will explore the ways in which children use and play with language as their earliest form of literacy and how teachers can capitalize on family and community literacy practices to create culturally sustaining classrooms. The course critically focuses on historical, political and local perspectives of language and literacy development, including the Science of Teaching Reading, and how those perspectives instantiate themselves in programs for young children.

Prerequisite(s): None.

Corequisite(s): EDEE 3330 and EDEE 3340.

Must be admitted to teacher education program; must be taken in Block A.

Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30