Students focus on developmentally appropriate instructional methods, strategies and resources for teaching language arts in the primary school. National and international standards and benchmarks for teaching the language arts are examined.
- Teacher: Norrisa Newton
Students explore appropriate literacy strategies as they assess, plan and address language and concept development while working with young learners. Emphasis is on principles of developmentally appropriate practices and the role of the teacher as facilitator.
- Teacher: Norrisa Newton
In this course, students will focus on the nature of developmental change in the physical, cognitive, social and emotional domains and the principles of developmental and psychological theories. It is designed to allow student-teachers to explore human development as it relates to the teaching and learning process.
- Teacher: Norrisa Newton
Students focus on the implementation of age-appropriate, evidence-based practices to support young children’s reading and writing. They also focus on literacy development and developmentally appropriate practices which provide literacy experiences to support each learner. National and international standards and benchmarks are examined.
- Teacher: Norrisa Newton