EDU 388: PRACTICUM IN READING INSTRUCTION

This practicum serves as a culminating experience for middle grades candidates who have chosen reading as one of their concentration areas. Candidates will be placed in a middle grades reading classroom and will be required to use their acquired knowledge and skills in determining appropriate reading instructional strategies and assessment options to implement in the classroom. Participatory action research methods will be used to help candidates study the link between theory and practice and make recommendations to other professionals for integrating current knowledge about reading to the classroom. This course will focus heavily on teacher candidate proficiency development and should be taken during the semester before the Clinical Practice Block. Extensive field experience is required. Prerequisites: Stage I Admission to PSOE, EDU 344 and EDU 355