ED 230 - Integrating the Arts into ECE

Institution:

Community College of Philadelphia

Subject:

Education

Description:

The course provides students with an overview of information and strategies for integrating the creative arts into the early childhood curriculum. It includes experience to help prospective teachers understand the role the creative arts play both in supporting children's development and informing learning in other disciplines. Students explore drama, movement, music and visual arts for children, birth through fourth grade, from the perspective of child development theories. Connections between the arts, indiviudal development and curricular subjects guide the course. This integrationist approach views the arts as meaningful sources of expression, culture, learning and joy.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

ED 105

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Multiple

Notes:

3-0-3

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.ccp.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 751-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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