Introduction to diverse literature for youth (birth–11 years). Students will study how literature and reader response are linguistic, cultural, and aesthetic artifacts of human experience. Students will explore and analyze children’s literature for cultural relevance, authenticity, and equity.

Introduction to diverse literature for youth (birth–11). Students will study how literature and reader response are linguistic, cultural, and aesthetic artifacts of human experience. Students will explore and analyze children’s literature for cultural relevance, authenticity, and equity.

Introduction to diverse literature for youth (birth–11 years). Students will study how literature and reader response are linguistic, cultural, and aesthetic artifacts of human experience. Students will explore and analyze children’s literature for cultural relevance, authenticity, and equity.

Wide reading from all genres of children's literature and criteria for selection and response. Students examine how literature can be used to facilitate reading, writing, speaking, and listening in content areas (e.g., social studies, science). Students are introduced to theory and research in language acquisition, development, and linguistic variation.

Historical, political, economic, and social factors that influence how the language arts are taught, how American secondary schools operate, and how teachers function.

Principles and methods for teaching reading in the elementary school.

Principles and methods for teaching reading in the elementary school.

Principles and methods for teaching and assessing in PreK-5 educational settings.

Formal and informal methods for assessing children's reading ability and planning instruction.

Community work with adolescents (mentoring, tutoring, etc.), common readings in education, and interactions with professional educators. Education majors build on individual and shared experiences and readings to examine issues of education in public schools. They construct a portfolio of insights and experiences.

Community work with adolescents (mentoring, tutoring, etc.), common readings in education, and interactions with professional educators. Education majors build on individual and shared experiences and readings to examine issues of education in public schools.

Principles and methods for teaching reading in the middle school.