May be repeated for credit if content differs. This course is required for all M.A.T. degree-seeking students. It is designed to help individuals plan learning experiences. 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.