Reading Education

Graduate Program Coordinator: T. Blair
ED 358, (407) UCF-5472
E-mail: tblair@mail.ucf.edu

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Master of Education in Reading Education

This program prepares teachers for certification as reading specialists (e.g., reading resource teacher, reading laboratory teacher, reading/language arts supervisor, primary education specialist) in grades K-12 in public schools and private reading laboratories or clinics. Diagnosis of reading disabilities, techniques of corrective reading, psychological measurement, reading in the content fields, management of reading programs, reading trends and research, and dimensions of the language arts other than reading are included with considerable emphasis on practica with disabled readers from the early childhood to adult levels. Professionals currently certified as Florida teachers are eligible to pursue a degree in the program. See individual course descriptions in this catalog.

Area A: Core—15 Semester Hours
EDF 6432 Measurement and Evaluation in Education (3 hours)
EDF 6481 Fundamentals of Graduate Research in Education (3 hours)
EDF 6886 Multicultural Education (3 hours)

Select Option A, B, or C:

Option A: Thesis
EDF 6401 Statistics for Educational Data (3 hours)
RED 6971 Thesis (2,1 hours)

Option B: Research Report
EDF 6155 Lifespan Human Development and Learning (3 hours)
RED 6909 Research Report (2,1 hours)

Option C: Extended Specialization—6 Semester Hours
Electives pre-approved by adviser

Area B: Specialization—21 Semester Hours
RED 6116 Trends in Reading Education (3 hours)
RED 6336 Reading in the Content Areas (3 hours)
RED 6337 Reading in the Secondary School (PR: RED 6336) (3 hours)
RED 6746 Management of Reading Programs (3 hours)
RED 6845 Advanced Evaluation and Instruction in Reading (3 hours)
RED 6846 Reading Practicum (PR: RED 6845) (6 hours)

Prerequisites
Prescribed by College of Education to meet state certification requirements or as support for degree program.

RED 5147 Developmental Reading (3 hours)
OR
RED 3012 Basic Foundations of Reading (3 hours)
RED 5514 Classroom Diagnosis and Development of Reading Proficiencies (3 hours) OR
RED 4519 Diagnostic and Corrective Reading Strategies (3 hours)
LAE 3414 Literature for Children (3 hours) OR
LAE 5415 Children's Literature in Elementary Education (3 hours) OR
LAE 4464 Survey of Literature for Adolescents (3 hours)
LAE 4314 Language Arts in Elementary School (3 hours) OR
LAE 4342 Teaching Language and Composition (3 hours)

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