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EDMC 4472 - Teaching Language Arts in the Middle School

Credits: 3
Examines various components involved in developing and implementing an effective language arts program for middle grades students. Students learn and apply teaching methods, instructional strategies, technology, and techniques relevant to the middle school learner. The course involves a study of the appropriate methods needed to create an active learning environment that engages a diverse population of students. All activities and planning is in accordance with NCTE and the Ohio Academic Content Standards for Language Arts Education.Candidates apply the knowledge and skills obtained from this course in a planned sequence of professional field experiences (63 hours) with young adolescents in a middle school setting under the supervision of qualified university and school-based faculty.Prereq: EDMC 3385 and PSYC 3112Coreq: EDMC 4470 and 4473 or 4475 or 4476 $