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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENG 101, preferably ENG 104 or permission of coordinator. 3 credits formerly ED 214 Developing Literacy in Young Children This course examines how a child develops literacy and the conditions that support that development. Course content include strategies for teaching reading and other literacy skills, the role of school-family partnerships in developing literacy, identification of students who are at literacy risk, and reading assessment methods. Interactive computer participation is required for this course. This can be done with a home computer with internet access or by using an NCC computer in a computer lab or Baker Library.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECE 182 or ECE 141. 3 credits formerly ED 106 Infant and Toddler Care This course is developed specifically for those who are already working with infant and toddler children in a childcare facility or who plan to work with this age group in the future. This course is also appropriate for those who are involved in the training or supervision of infant and toddler teachers. The course emphasizes developmentally appropriate curriculum based on the emotional, social, cognitive, language, creative, and physical areas of development; and routines, safety, and effective use and management of physical space. Other areas that will be covered are nutrition and its impact on infant and toddler development. This course requires 10 hours of observation at the NCC Child Development Laboratory School or another NAEYC accredited approved site.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ECE 182, ECE 141 or ECE 241, ECE 210 or permission of coordinator. 3 credits formerly CGDV 206 Child and the Family This course examines the environment in which a child develops, the relationship of people in the environment and the interactions that take place in various settings. Course content covers the development of the child as a social being and ways in which teachers can encourage parent involvement.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 101. 3 credits formerly ED 109 School Age Care and Education This course is designed to help school age staff gain the skills needed to plan and implement a developmentally appropriate program for children ages five through twelve. Areas to be studied include: the child's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth and development, curriculum planning and management of after school programs.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of at least 50 credits in the Early Childhood curriculum and permission of ECE director. 6 credits formerly ED 210 Field Education and Seminar II This course provides fourteen weeks of supervised student teaching in the Child Development Laboratory School at NCC or in an NAEYC Accredited licensed early childhood program in the community. Students will complete 220 hours of student teaching for the course requirement. Discussions of teaching situations are shared in a seminar once a week throughout the semester. Special projects and two weeks of curricular planning, teaching, and classroom management are required. Per Connecticut State licensing, a physical, background check, and fingerprinting are required.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits formerly ECE 190 This course is designed for early childhood education teachers, child care providers and directors. It will review the many behavior management and discipline strategies that are available to be used with young children. Discipline approaches that go beyond rules and punishment will be examined. Students will study and create an environment that leads to respect and self-discipline. Participants learn to analyze teaching/management styles so as to be able to incorporate the best techniques to help lead children to self-control.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECE 206 with a grade of "C" orbetter. 3 credits formerly ECE 212 This course is designed to examine the multidimensional roles of the early childhood program administrator. Emphasis will be on effective leadership and the impact of communication and interpersonal skills; decision making and participatory management tools; how to conduct effective meetings; formation of partnerships with families; child welfare advocacy, and strategic approaches to initiating and implementing change.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 101. 3 credits formerly EC 100 Economics of Social Issues Not offered every semester. In this course designed to probe the current issues and programs of our society and the world, particular attention is paid to population explosion, food shortage, economics of aging, health care and social security, welfare dependency, child care, budget deficit, family values, education and the environment, and the role the individual citizen and government can play in allocating human, technical, and financial resources to provide solutions to these problems.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 101 3 semester hours formerly EC 201 Principles of Macroeconomics An introduction to basic understanding of the aggregate economic phenomena and processes of our society and how they affect the problems of unemployment, inflation, recession or growth, deficits, distribution of income and balance of payments. The course analyzes macroeconomic theories, allocation of resources, national income accounts, economic stabilization, financial institutions and monetary policies.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 101. 3 credits formerly EC 202 Principles of Microeconomics This is a study of the role of the individual in our market society - the microeconomic approach to economic analysis. It includes price theory, supply and demand, theory of the firm, industrial competition and international trade.
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