EDUCATION
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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
SPRING,
1981
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INSTRUCTOR: Lois Baker
ENDERBY - Timber Creek Hall
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TIME:, Monday
9:30 - 12:30
a.m.
Enderby, BIC.
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& 1:30 - 3:00
p.m.
PHONE:
838-9294
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Tuesday
9:30 - 12:30
a.m.
FOR SIX WEEKS
The course will focus on three main areas:
1.
Selected curriculum content (past and present) of early
childhood education programs.
2.
Developmental knowledge about young children's physical, social,
and emotional growth and the learning process.
3.
Educational aspects of the home and community life of young
children.
The course format will be a combination of discussions of assigned
readings, short lectures, and mini-workshops. There will be some
use of videotape for diagnostic purposes.
The course grade will be based on attendance, class participation,
and the following three assignments:
1 & 2
Two written papers, one an observational study and the
other program oriented (relating to areas 1 &
2
above).
3
A shared report (team or group) on home and community resources
(related to area
3
above).
TEXTS: (These are pocket-book size)
LANDRETH, Catherine; Preschool Learnin
g
and Teaching; New York:
Harper & Row,
1972
SIME, Mary; A Child's E
y
e View: Pia
g
et for Youn g
Parents and Teachers;
London: Thames & Hudson,
1973
SlANT, Margaret; The Yound Child: His Activities and Materials;
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall,
1972
YARDLEY, Alice; Structure in Earl y
Learning; London: Evans Bros.,
197