ECE 7704 - Trends and Issues in Language Arts for Early Childhood

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to M.Ed. in Elementary and Early Childhood Education and EDUC 7741.
An examination of contemporary trends and issues in language arts education in the P-5 setting. Focus will include the historical antecedents of contemporary trends and issues, pedagogical innovations, and research theory based instructional practices. Topics are inclusive of but not limited to :whole language,: technology, politics and literacy, case studies approaches to language arts education and multiculturalism.