A student must be admitted to the Professional Education Program before enrolling in any of these courses. Includes the importance of families, early school experience, children with special needs, and professional development. Observations in various childcare centers are required. This course incorporates methods, materials, and current trends of integrated reading instruction for primary age children and includes diagnostic procedures for reading difficulties. The special needs of primary-level students, the structure of the primary mathematics curriculum, and pedagogical techniques for meeting these special needs and developing this mathematics curriculum are studied with extensive use of filmed and taped demonstrations.
Students observe, record, and assess the behaviors of children in child care centers.
Students, as a class, visit special needs settings. Includes extensive information about and application of methods for emergent readers and the value of play situations in which children begin developing logical mathematical understanding. Emphasizes effective instructional assessments, screening devices and daily classroom management techniques for early learners in diverse situations. F, S. Includes algorithms, heuristic sets, practical tactics, and special pedagogical techniques that can identify, then eliminate or circumvent disabling symptoms. Students are taught how to search for, analyze, assess, select, and use materials.