EMERGENT LITERACY FOR EARLY CHILD (CDEC 1356)

Term: 2024-2025 Spring

Faculty

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Michele Forbis

North Central Texas College
Room 107

1200 Parker Square

Flower Mound, TX 75028

972-899-8421

 

Teaching Experience:  

Instructor, College Preparatory Reading  

Instructor, High School English

 

Education:

M.Ed. Literacy Education, University of Missouri, 2008

B.S. Ed. Secondary Education- English, University of Missouri, 1996

Description

An exploration of principles, methods, and materials for teaching language and literacy through a play-based integrated curriculum to children from birth through age eight.


Upon course completion, students will be able to define literacy and emergent literacy; analyze theories of language development; describe the teacher's role in promoting emergent literacy; and create literacy environments and experiences for children.


48 lecture hours