Instructor: Judy MoellerOrganizing Theme: Teachers who inquire and reflect to facilitate learning for allVision StatementMission StatementPurposeStatements of PhilosophyUndergraduate Education OutcomesSupport ServicesSyllabus for EDU 340 Early Reading and Language Arts Wayne State College – Spring 2009 Instructor: Judy Moeller Office: Brandenburg 117Class Meetings: EDU34001 – M/W – 9:00-11:00 – Room 218 EDU34002 – T/R – 9:30-11:30 – Room 326Telephone: 402.375.7382E-mail: [email protected] Hours: M-1:00-4:00, TW-12:00-2:00, R- 1:00-3:00F-Not on campusWebsite: https://academic.wsc.edu/faculty/jumoell1/Required Textbooks: - Morrow, Lesley Mandel. (2009). Literacy development in the early years, 6th edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Allyn & Bacon.- Zaner-Bloser, Self-instruction in handwriting. Columbus, OH: Zaner-Bloser, Inc.- Phonics and word study, level C. (2008). Elizabethtown, PA: Continental Press.Prerequisite: completion of Gateway Two, EDU 216, EDU 275 or SPD 260Course Description: Current methods, materials, and research findings related to the teaching of the sixlanguage arts in a balanced program up through the primary level with special emphasis on reading and writing. Comprehension, fluency, phonemic awareness, and phonics instruction will be addressed.Organizing Theme: Teachers who inquire and reflect to facilitate learning for allVision StatementConsistent with the vision of Wayne State College, the undergraduate teacher preparation unit will provide regional leadership and service to individuals, schools, and communities. Both candidates and faculty will work in partnership with region schools to improve educational opportunities for all students.Mission StatementThe mission of the undergraduate teacher preparation unit is to facilitate the development of dynamic professional educators who collaborate for the benefit of self and others, school, community, and the profession. This mission is accomplished through inquiry, reflection; field based learning experiences, excellence in teaching and learning, and regional service. The professional education unit, in conjunction with the student, college, and community, is responsible for bringing theory and practice together through inquiry and reflection to facilitate learning and development. The faculty within the educational unit assumes the responsibility to assist teacher candidates in developing attitudes, strategies, and knowledgeto facilitate lifelong learning and growth in all their students.PurposeThe purpose of WSC undergraduate professional education unit is to provide necessary resources and instruction to enable candidates to prepare themselves for successful application for K-12 teacher certification.Statements of PhilosophyThe following belief statements are congruent with and extend the vision/mission statement and representthe philosophy of the unit. In each case, the processes of inquiry and reflection will be used by candidates and practitioners to further the principal aim of facilitating learning and development. Each statement is also a focal point for informing practice through inquiry and reflection. As a whole, they point the way toward the development of appropriate skills, knowledge, and dispositions that facilitate learning and foster development in all students.1. We believe professional educators possess the underlying disposition that learning and personal growth is achievable for and expected of all.2. We believe professional educators are competent in the content areas they teach. They possess the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for facilitating the creation of understanding in content realms.3. We believe professional educators understand and value different ways of knowing. These include, butare not limited to, the objective scientific tradition, rational evidence-based argument, as well as intuitive, human connections that involve knowing from accumulated cultural wisdom.4. We believe professional educators, utilizing appropriate interactive communication skills, engage in andfoster positive interpersonal interactions. These interactions serve to strengthen relationships between and among people enabling them to contribute to the creation of strong families, communities, and governing entities.5. We believe professional educators engage in and promote life-long learning. They are intrinsically motivated to think critically, to make decisions, to learn independently, to use the reliable resources at their disposal, including technology, and to continue to develop mentally, physically, and emotionally. 6. We believe that professional educators demonstrate a caring attitude for all people.7. We believe professional educators value diversity.8. We believe professional educators provide experiences and assessments that facilitate the developmental growth of all learners. To this end, professional educators continually plan and implement assessment strategies that serve to evaluate student development. In addition, they assess their own teaching and its effect on the learning of all students. They systematically inquire and reflect, using assessment feedback, to improve their teaching.9. We believe professional educators value past and future perspectives that inform current circumstances and, further, that this belief yields an integrated, “real world” approach to educational practice.10. We believe professional educators seek, adopt, and utilize available technological teaching and learning tools.Undergraduate Education OutcomesA teacher candidate will: - inquire and reflect to facilitate learning and foster development of all students. (O-1)- create, organize, maintain, and evaluate caring communities to facilitate learning and foster development for all students. (O-2)- demonstrate knowledge of the subjects they teach and the attitudes and skills required for disciplined inquiry in those subjects. (O-3)- communicate to facilitate learning and development. (O-4)- possess and demonstrate the values, demeanor, and reflective decision-making of a professional.(O-5)Course Outcomes:The learner will:1. Develop a philosophy on literacy instruction in the early grades based on current and historical theories and research.1.1. Define the six language arts (reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and visually representing) and describe the relationships among them.1.2. Recognize the importance of literacy