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3.00 Credits
Course uses the emerging brain development research as the organizing principle for an exploration of the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional growth of children from birth to age eight. Topics of exploration include pre- and post-natal development, sensory processing, nutrition, stress, disease and disorders, and developmental milestones. Emphasis is placed on the physical and cognitive realms of development. Course was designed to provide students with the scientific information that will support their interactions with young children. 3 CREDIT S
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3.00 Credits
Students explore history of early childhood and elementary education to understand how it has been influenced by the social, political, and economic forces affecting the lives of children and families. The course profiles significant theories and people who have shaped early childhood education, focusing on recent centuries. Students consider what and who determines the goals of education, who defines and articulates the problems of education, and how that determines what solutions are created. 3 CREDIT S COREQUISITES: 38-2125 CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
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3.00 Credits
Course provides framework for studying the process of human development and explores the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of children, birth through age eight. Emphasis is placed on the role of culture in this process. Students learn milestones in each area of development in first eight years of life and learn to recognize normal development in young children. Students integrate their understanding of development in various domains into a working knowledge of young children. Embedded in the organization of this course are the understandings that the arts and the growth of young children should be inextricably related and that a variety of identities--race, gender, and ethnicity--shape children's life experiences. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 WRITING AND RHETORIC II
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3.00 Credits
This course develops students' understanding of language development in the first eight years of life and the principles that govern the process. The language learning process is studied as an integral part of the development of thinking and development of the child's sense of self. Students learn how various contexts both inside and outside a child's home interact with factors such as age, sex, and cultural experiences of participants in a conversation to affect language competence and performance. Students examine the role of adults, peers, and siblings in fostering language development and learn how group experiences in childcare and early childhood programs can be arranged to maximize language development. 3 CREDIT S COREQUISITES: 38-2125 CHILD GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
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3.00 Credits
Course presents study of human development and behavior throughout life cycle. An emphasis is placed on the interdependence of family, culture, and community on the development and education of children from newborn through eight years of age and on development in middle childhood and adolescence. Students consider their future role of teacher and the implications of context, theirs and their students', on the teaching-learning process. Students will also explore community resources with an eye to appropriate referrals for the children and families with whom they will eventually work. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 38-2125 CHILD GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
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3.00 Credits
Course provides introduction to concept of exceptionality and an overview of various forms of atypical growth and development. Course work includes psychology and identification of exceptional children. Focus is on children classified as having learning disabilities and their implications for classroom life in both special classes and inclusion settings. Course will present legislation as it relates to individuals with exceptionalities. It will focus on developing a collaborative partnership between parents and teachers in the school setting and on being sensitive to the child within the context of the family. 3 CREDIT S COREQUISITES: 38-2125 CHILD GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
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1.00 Credits
Topics courses allow the Early Childhood program to offer individual courses outside of its core curriculum as faculty expertise becomes available. Permission of Program Director required. 1 CREDIT
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3.00 Credits
Students examine network of big ideas in disciplines of science, math, humanities, and social science. This course provides a framework for understanding the concepts, habits of mind, and skills characteristic of professionals in each discipline. The goal of the course is to prepare teachers to recognize important concepts and to become effective in facilitating children's emerging understandings and skills in various domains of thinking, as these understandings emerge in daily classroom life. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 38-3110 METHODS I WITH PRACTICUM
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3.00 Credits
In this seminar with practicum, students develop curriculum and assessment strategies for working with infants, toddlers, preschool, and kindergarten children. This work is based on the developmental needs, conceptual understandings, and skills appropriate for children at different ages in areas of math, science, social studies, the arts, and literacy. Through a seven-hour weekly practicum experience in a series of classrooms, students examine children's construction of knowledge. Focus is on role of teacher, classroom environment, and activities in promoting development. Students will be asked to consistently reflect on some aspect of classroom dynamics and to relate it to their growing knowledge of child development and relationships among professionals. Construction of an electronic teaching portfolio begins in this course. 3 CREDIT S
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3.00 Credits
Course familiarizes students with schools as work places in which a teacher's career unfolds. Students examine the structure of teaching within the political, economic, and social context of the educational institution. Particular attention is given to the role of teacher in relation to issues of governance, organizational structure, funding, union relationships, community involvement, collegial relationships, and professional growth. Students are asked to attend meetings of a local school council. 3 CREDIT S PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 WRITING AND RHETORIC II
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