Curriculum and Environmental Design in Early Childhood Education: Part I

EECE

337

Curriculum and Environmental Design in Early Childhood Education: Part I

This course examines developmental, critical, and learning theories on how children between 0 and 6 years grow and learn as individuals in response to the environmental climate and design of early organized care and formal educational experiences away from home, including childcare, preschool, pre-kindergarten, and kindergarten. Introduction is provided to the concepts, application, and techniques of developmentally appropriate practice, scaffolding, and culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy for young children. Special topics focus on the significance of family contexts, the role of play, the arts, children’s literature, assessment, and the uses of technologies in the early childhood classroom.

Undergraduate

Yes