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Reading and Education


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Alice Laffere, Chairperson
MCCH 136B, 486-1286
www.alamo.edu/sac/reading/default.htm

The Reading and Education Department consists of reading and education courses.

Students who register in reading classes are given placement tests during registration or the first assigned class hour. Credit for the college-level reading course is acceptable for graduation purposes at San Antonio College but transferability depends upon the policy of the senior college or university.

The Reading and Education Department strives to provide innovation in instruction and services to meet the diverse needs of the community. One way in which the department seeks to meet this goal is by offering a wide range of reading courses. These courses serve students who are reading below the college level as well as students who are reading on the college level but who need to strengthen critical reading skills and acquire more flexibility in reading. The college offers a 12-hour, four-semester sequence of developmental reading for those students reading below college-level. One three-hour, college-level critical reading course is offered.

The department centers a great deal of its energy on giving the community’s underprepared students the opportunity to acquire workplace literacy skills and to achieve success in college-level classes. Curriculum and instruction are carefully planned to reflect current research on how students learn and are especially sensitive to the needs of underprepared students. The department’s computer instructional center has proven to be effective in giving many students, particularly developmental students, the type of practice with reading skills which they require. Self-paced software and Internet assignments invite students to become active participants in the learning process and address their wide range of skill levels. These efforts are consistent with departmental and instructional goals:

  • To ensure that students are provided lifelong learning and career preparation opportunities through quality traditional and non-traditional instruction programs.
  • To strengthen the utilization of evolving technology.

The Reading and Education Department also offers two three-hour education course, EDUC 1301 Introduction to the Teaching Profession and EDUC 2301 Introduction to Special Populations. These courses fulfill the department’s goal of serving the diverse needs of the San Antonio community. It does so by offering prospective education majors an opportunity to examine the positive and negative aspects of a career in teaching. These courses explore educational, historical, and current trends. Students mentor in area schools. One of the primary purposes of the education program is to recruit future educators.

Programs and Courses - Reading and Education

 

Reading and Education

Programs

Associate of Arts in Teaching

Courses

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