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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall) Pre-Practicum Component: 20-25 hours Prerequisites: ED110, ED222 This course provides a greater understanding of the importance of early childhood education and its relationship to early literacy development. The students will explore such topics as symbol systems, abstractions, comprehension, schema development and prior knowledge as they relate to the emerging sense of literacy. Stories, songs, rhymes, riddles, poetry, short stories, picture books, and the world of children's literature are also included in connection to early childhood education programs and kindergarten settings, family, school and the community.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (spring) Pre-Practicum Component: 20-25 hours Prerequisites: ED110, ED222 This course explores the range of techniques, materials, and activities necessary to implement an effective creative arts program for young children. Students explore how songs, musical games, rhythm activities, and involvement with art materials affect the whole child and promote learning across the curriculum. A particular emphasis is placed on the nurturance of the child's aesthetic capacities, including the teacher's role in stimulating the appreciation of all forms of creativity and artistic expression (creativity, art, music, movement/dance, puppetry, theatre and dramatic arts).
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall and spring) Prerequisites: ED110, ED222, ED261, ED274 Co-requisite: ED281 A directed observation and practicum experience in a setting for preschool or kindergarten. Teaching assignments within the immediate geographical area are matched to the interests and capabilities of each student. The placement represents a half--day, three-day-a-week applied teaching experience in which the student demonstrates mastery of the concepts, principles, attitudes, and methodologies necessary for successful teaching of young children. In addition to teaching placements, weekly seminars provide an opportunity for students to examine and discuss relevant topics and classroom experiences.
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1.00 Credits
1 credit (fall and spring) Prerequisites: ED110, ED222, ED261, ED274 This represents a "partner" course attached tothe associate degree course ED280 Observation and Practicum (Pre-K/K). Students explore various topics and aspects of the practicum experience at the Associate's degree level, including such topics as supervision, lesson planning, unit or learning center teaching, and cooperative teacher and support staff collaborative relationships, etc. Students are required to enroll in this course in conjunction with ED280.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (fall) Pre-Practicum Component: 20-25 hours Prerequisites: ED110, ED222, ED215, ED261, ED274 This course explores the curriculum area of social studies in early childhood education. Emphasis is placed on the development and demonstration of instructional techniques in these areas. The students will be investigating and developing appropriate curriculum activities designed for heterogeneous groups of young children, such topics as: social studies for young children, home and family, neighborhoods and communities, cities, states and regions, countries and cultural diversity, multiculturalism, international education, history, economics, government, current events, local, state, regional and national events, ecology and the social sciences as they relate to social studies.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is designed for Early Childhood Educators and students of Early Childhood Education who are interested in investigating the most important means that young children have in growing (cognitively, socially, emotionally, physically, linguistically and motorically) that is through play. Theories of play, research on various aspects of play and young children's development, methods to enhance development through play, effectively approaches to support young children's play, play as seen in the elementary school setting, political perspectives of play, as well as resources and materials will be explored. NOTE: Education Professional Elective, offered as needed.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course provides the student in Early Childhood Education with opportunities to learn more about the growth, development and approaches to working with very young children. The developmental domains (social, emotional, cognitive, language and motor) of the very young child will be highlighted as they relate to the teacher's approaches and methodologies in working effectively with the infant and toddler. Students will explore environments, materials, resources, teaching approaches and methodologies that are found in infant and toddler programs. NOTE: Education Professional Elective, offered as needed.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is designed for early childhood educators and students of early childhood education who are interested in exploring the relationships that exist between parents and early childhood programs. This course recognizes that parent and family involvement is a key element in any high quality early childhood program, such as infant/toddler programming, preschool education programming, daycare, Head Start, elementary school or family childcare programming. This course explores what parent and family involvement embraces, what can be done to foster high quality interaction between the home and school settings.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The primary objective is to develop awareness of the relationship between a society's education system and that society's other systems: its unique political, economic and socio-cultural institutions. To achieve this, school systems will be analyzed from the perspective of their current socio-cultural setting and their responses to challenges, such as development, trans-national migration, social exclusion, literacy, political change, and the movement of refugees. Other objectives include reinforcing the student's research skills in the social sciences and strengthening analytical and reflective skills. Oral and written presentation skills are also emphasized. NOTE: Offered as ED315 and SO315. Students may not receive credit for both ED315 and SO315.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (spring) Prerequisites: Successful completion of ED280 and ED281 or an associate in Early Childhood Education. The reading process and factors influencing the development of reading are examined in this course. Pre reading and reading skills are identified, and techniques for assessment of skills are presented. Methods and materials for teaching primary reading are discussed and illustrated. This course also presents a timely and concise summary of many important issues confronting the teacher and learner in the development of mastery in the language arts in the early childhood setting. The focus of the course will be on methodology for kindergarten and primary grades relating to the teaching of listening, speaking, reading and writing using the standards of the International Reading Association and the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
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