Topics included in discussion are technology in the classroom, research regarding learning, models of curriculum design, and methods of evaluation. Each student develops a curriculum package that has direct application to a particular teaching situation. Students examine foremost theories and current research in the area of cognitive development. Participants explore curriculum implications for early education of children from birth through eight years of age. They examine the cognitive and representational goals of Project Construct and their implications for curriculum and assessment.
Students examine theories and research in the areas of sociomoral development of children.
The integral linkage of these aspects of development with children's intellectual development is addressed. Curriculum implications for normally developing children, as well as children with disabilities, are explored. The sociomoral goals of Project Construct and their implications for curriculum and assessment are examined. This course enables students, through action research projects, to develop strategies for problem solving within their classrooms and procedures for conducting self-study as it relates to, but is not limited to, teacher behaviors, learning outcomes, curriculum, policy development, and behavior management. This class is planned to help the teacher use knowledge of children and their needs in creating a total school environment conducive to optimum development.