EDUC 7542 Teaching Reading

Offers teacher candidates skills for teaching reading to school age children. Students will gain understanding of reading through a historical, political, theoretical, and practical lens. They will understand the delivery of instruction by learning a balanced approach to teaching reading. They will gain familiarity of how children learn to read by partaking in observations, assessments, and instruction with a school age child. Students will learn a variety of ways to meet the needs of linguistically and culturally diverse learners. They will recognize reading difficulties and learn ways to differentiate instruction for such readers.

Course overview

Department
Teacher Education and Curriculum and Instruction
School
LSOE
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall,Every Summer

Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.38 / 5

Based on 100 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Frances Ahearn
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024 · Official rating 4.90/5
  • Lori Dunn
    Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.92/5
  • Marinna Connolly
    Fall 2022 · Official rating 4.38/5
  • Marykate Heavey
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023 · Official rating 4.36/5
  • Nicholl Montgomery
    Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.33/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Instructor not listed · Campion Hall 10 Tu 07:00PM-09:30PM · Offered
  • Section 08
    Fall 2026 · Instructor not listed · Campion Hall 302 Th 04:30PM-06:50PM · Offered