Previous Page :: 2006-07 Catalog Home



<< Back to Majors


COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:

EDRD 2000 | EDRD 3200 | EDRD 4200 | EDRD 4516 | EDRD 4517 | EDRD 4530 | VIEW ALL

EDRD 2000: () Offerings
Explores the theories of cognitive development applied particularly to the fields of language development and literacy. Examines different theories of the acquisition of language development and cognitive processes and the relationship to learning to read and write. Among the topics to be covered are the linguistics and non-linguistic bases of reading, word recognition, reading comprehension, and reading disabilities (dyslexia) and the impact of home and school environments on language and literacy development. To increase their understanding of the reading/language development process, students will tutor a child in reading.
EDRD 3200: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDRD 2000. Explores current research and best practices in teaching reading, writing, and language arts as an integrated process in grades K-8. Addresses topics such as instructional grouping, classroom-based assessments, analysis and use of instructional materials (including the underlying theory base), and strategy instruction. Includes a survey of current reading programs, their instructional design and underlying view of the learner. Students will design unit and lesson plans to teach reading, writing, and language processes.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDRD 4200: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDRD 3200. Students will review and further investigate possible causes of reading problems, including inappropriate reading instruction. Examines current research in best practices and programs for struggling readers at various levels of their schooling. Students will focus on a struggling reader during this quarter of their internship to develop a plan and carry out instruction to improve the student's reading and writing achievement.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDRD 4516: () Offerings
Examines the variety and richness of literature available for children preschool through eighth grade; presents major genres and notable authors and illustrators; and develops familiarity with varied responses to literature adaptable for classroom use.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
EDRD 4517: () Offerings
A study of young adult literature, including intensive reading in the best of this literature and application of both critical and pedagogical strategies to the reading.
Attributes:Upper-Division
EDRD 4530: () Offerings
Prerequisite: EDU 2104. Provides a functional approach to content-centered instruction that will prepare preservice teachers to teach content, reading and writing skills simultaneously. Emphasis is placed on the application of skills that middle, junior and senior high school readers must make to learn content from a variety of sources and materials.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.



Copyright © 2025 Seattle Pacific University.
Web Content Disclaimer.
General Information: (206) 281-2000
3307 Third Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119-1997, U.S.A.