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EDEC

2 courses with the subject EDEC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

EDEC 301Curriculum and Instruction, Birth-Grade2

This course is designed to give students an orientation to curriculum design in early childhood classrooms. The focus is on a general planning framework that can be applied to planning in specific content areas. Students will learn how to build both individual lessons and larger units. The course will provide information on more informal areas of the curriculum including effective use of routines and transitions and the integration of movement, art, and literacy activities into the curriculum. Fieldwork required. Prerequisites: EDEL 240 and matriculation in the teacher education program.

Subject: EDEC
Credits (min): 2
Credits (max): 2
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: stac.edu

EDEC 302Emergent Literacy: Language and Reading Development

This course focuses on theory and research that establishes best practices for teaching young children, B-2, to develop oral, reading, and writing language literacy skills and strategies. Focuses include phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding text, sight word acquisition, vocabulary development, fluency, comprehension, and creating a respectful learning environment that values all cultures, languages, individual differences, family contexts, and community. This course is based on the National Association of the Education of Young Children Standards and Common Core State Standards for Early Childhood Education. Fieldwork required. Prerequisites: EDEL 240 and matriculation in the teacher education program. Special Education/Students with Disabilities Courses

Subject: EDEC
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: stac.edu

Source: St. Thomas Aquinas College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61