Education of the Young Child

Catalog description

This course focuses on the nature and needs of culturally and linguistically diverse young children (birth to eight years). Pertinent legislation, foundations, assessment and curriculum methods will include collaboration with professionals and families. Trends and issues of advocacy will be studied within the context of the continuum of service delivery and developmentally appropriate practice. 50 hours of fieldwork experience are required (Birth - K). Prerequisites: EDUC 353 , EDUC 354 , EDUC 401, and EDUC 402 . Please note that to earn the Early Childhood Extension, the elementary student teaching experience must occur in either a first or second grade classroom. Prerequisites: EDUC 353 and EDUC 354 and EDUC 401 and EDUC 402 .