Permission of Program Director required. Students make focused field observations, explore the writings of accomplished teachers, and write and refine various forms of communication specific to the classroom. These include assessment records, reports to various audiences, reflective journals and essays, an educational philosophy statement, and a research paper with a literature review. Course profiles significant theories and people who have shaped early childhood education from Socrates to present. Permission of Program Director required.
Students learn milestones in each area of development in first eight years of life.
They learn to recognize normal development in young children. Students integrate their understanding of development in various domains into working knowledge of young children. Permission of Program Director required. Students examine role of adults, peers, and siblings in fostering language development, and learn how group experiences in child a care program can be arranged to maximize language development. Permission of Program Director required.