|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
Begins a three-part investigation of early childhood development. Part I provides the historical background of the preschool movement, including the ideas of Comenius, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Montessori, and Froebel. Also addresses such current approaches as Bank Street, Weikart, Alerta, and Dewey's progressive (open-classroom) approaches. Part II deals with the various preschools of today, i.e., Head Start, Nursery, and Day Care, and their functions. Emphasis is placed on essential concepts, skills, and insights as they relate to the stages of child education. Part III scrutinizes and evaluates the methods, contents, materials, and equipment currently used. Knowledge gained in these three parts will be applied to devise a sound yet flexible curriculum that can be used at all levels of ECE.
-
3.00 Credits
Provides a variety of art experiences suitable for young children. Includes experimentation with and the use of various media, techniques, and methods. Emphasis is placed on the role of creative experiences in early childhood development. The selection of and approach to art experiences, media, and materials is related to the conceptual framework of the course. This ensures that the adult students are directly involved in the creative experience and can effectively lead others to it.
-
3.00 Credits
Explores young children's musical growth through singing, rhythmic and dramatic play, use of classroom instruments, recorded music, and the study of children's natural fundamental movements. Teaching strategies will be analyzed through videotapes and film.
-
3.00 Credits
Prepares teachers to introduce science to young children in the classroom and in the field. Teachers also answer questions on the natural world. Approximately one-third of this course consists of field trips. Topics include ecology, geology, astronomy, and meteorology.
-
3.00 Credits
Covers the design and use of microcomputers, including the selection of software used in a variety of regular and special education settings.
-
1.00 Credits
Trains students to handle many basic medical emergencies and outlines procedures to follow in assisting an injured or suddenly ill person until professional emergency medical services can be obtained. It also familiarizes students with the legal aspects of First Aid, CPR, and Medication Administration. Examples are derived from real life situations.
-
4.00 Credits
Provides students with the special needs background, communication skills, attitudes, and techniques that will enable them to provide respite for families in crisis. Students learn the laws and dynamics of working with social services agencies to determine families that can benefit from respite care. Students are required to spend fifty hours demonstrating their proficiency in a practical setting. Students are also required to obtain certification in First Aid, CPR, and Medication Administration.
-
3.00 Credits
Prepares students to care for and teach infants and toddlers. Topics include typical infant and toddler development, developmental domains, and curriculum development and adaptation.
-
3.00 Credits
Presents typical and atypical infant and toddler development. Current issues and trends in family-centered care will be discussed. Intervention techniques and various applications and environments for intervention will be reviewed.
-
3.00 Credits
Designed for childcare providers who wish to obtain a Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential. Students study the national standards for evaluation and accreditation by the Council of Early Childhood Professional Recognition and become familiar with the Direct Assessment System. Students analyze the CDA Competencies and Functional Areas and their integration into child development theory and practice. Coursework assists students to develop their professional resource file, complete other necessary documentation, and prepare for the final assessment process. Students will apply for the CDA Credential with one of the following endorsements: center-based preschool, center-based infant/toddler, family day care, or home visitor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Cookies Policy |
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|