2023-2024 Graduate Academic Catalog

EEDUC 5137 Language and Literacy Development in the Early Years

This course will focus on the development of language and literacy in young children. Course sessions will address theories of literacy acquisition; the role of family, culture, and home in literacy learning; and assessments of literacy development. Emphasis will be placed on understanding literacy as social practice, the continuity of oral and written language, and a view of children as diverse and active meaning makers.

Credits

3

Corequisite

EDIAG 5100