- Scientific Inquiry and Technology in Early Childhood Education

Catalog description

Candidates will examine a network of “big ideas” in the disciplines of science and technology in early childhood settings, birth through 2nd grade in diverse and inclusive early childhood settings. This course provides a constructivist framework for understanding the concepts, habits of mind, and skills central to inquiry-based learning. 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. Candidates will learn practical, effective ways to integrate various technology resources throughout their work with young children and families, applying various technology tools and instructional strategies, including assistive technology to support learning across a range of characteristics and abilities, including emergent bi- and multilingual children and children with developmental delays and disabilities.