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3.00 Credits
Approaches to teaching reading to elementary-school-aged children and an examination of methods for integrating reading and language arts instruction into the total curriculum. This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Curricula for Young Children: Math, Science, Technology. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
Examines ways in which individuals are affected by the environments they inhabit. Fosters awareness of physical space as a critical variable in development and therapy. Imparts skills for planning for children, including homes, day care centers, schools, hospitals, playgrounds, special needs, and therapeutic programs. Special attention is given to the impact of the environment on stress and well-being. Intended for professionals with educational or clinical objectives.
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Music 220.) Research, theory, and practices related to the development of musical skills and understanding in children from infancy through adolescence. Topics include development of musicianship; musical intelligence, and the relationship of music to other cognitive functions; acquisition of pitch and rhythm; family involvement in music learning; approaches to teaching music (Dalcroze, Kodály, Suzuki, Orff); music education for special learners, including gifted and talented; development of musical performance skills; resources for classroom and private music instruction; curriculum frameworks and standards for music education; and music therapy. Lectures, discussions, observations of children engaged in musical activities. A practicum in music learning and music teaching accompanies the course. May be taken as a graduate elective course, but may not be used to fulfill the degree requirements for the Master's Degree in Music. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Arts This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of literature for children from preschool age to early teens from developmental-learning and literary perspectives. Final project: story or book for children, or critique/analysis of some genre or issue of children's literature. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
This course will expand students' self-awareness through an understanding of the mind/body connection; develop stronger communications skills through an integration of nonverbal and verbal experience; and explore creative potential through the avenue of body movement. Provides a developmental basis for the use of movement as an educational and therapeutic tool with emphasis on the early-childhood years. A practicum with children accompanies the course. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester First Summer Semester
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of public policy toward children created and implemented through the action of courts, legislatures, and administrative agencies. Emphasis on health and public assistance programs, child abuse and neglect, foster care and adoption, and juvenile delinquency, including status offenders. Forums for advocacy: state legislature, courts, and state administrative agencies. Prerequisites Junior, senior, or graduate status.
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as UEP 183.) Study of child care within the context of social policy, child development, and early-childhood education. Examination of legislation, funding, programming, curriculum, and staffing; and how age, stage, gender, race, culture, and family lifestyle affect the child's experience of child care. Students use Tufts Educational Day Care Center as a laboratory. Prerequisites Child Development 1 or Psychology 1, or permission of instructor. This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Urban and Environmental Policy 182.) Intersection of child development and social policy. Case studies of processes through which social problems are defined, policies formulated and implemented. Models for analyzing existing and proposed policies and for interpreting program evaluation results. Topics may include child abuse and neglect, family leave, maternal and child public-health policy, child care, early-childhood education. Special attention to policies affecting disadvantaged and minority populations. Prerequisites Child Development 1 or Psychology 1, and senior or graduate standing. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
Legal and constitutional rights of children in schools, including special and bilingual education, freedom from race and sex discrimination, and school law in general (e.g., discipline, civil liberties). Role and techniques of the advocate, defined broadly to include lawyers, law advocates and social workers, psychologists, and other professionals. Forums for advocacy: state legislature, courts, and state administrative agencies.
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