EDUCATION 464-4: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - DISC

CORRESPONDENCE ?

Instructor: ?

Dr. R. Gehibach

Office:

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MPX 8661

Phone: ?

291-3222

DESCRIPTION

This course is intended as a basic theoretical introduction to the education of young children

in preschool, daycare and public school settings. It will include the following major foci:

1.

Students will engage at a high level historical and philosophical issues in ECE. It is

expected that the classroom experiences of Educ. 401 will enable students to

comprehend readily both the relevance and the substance of these topics.

2.

Students will explore deeply the psychological foundations of a variety of ECE

instructional practices, from teacher-directed lessons to instructionally designed play

environment.

3.

Students will learn to apply a general theoretical framework to comprehensive

programming for young children in both preschool and the primary grades.

REQUIREMENTS

1.

Students will complete three major writing assignments over the period of the course.

2.

Students will complete a book review, chosen from a list of selected titles.

TEXTS

Curriculum Development Branch.

(1985).

Kindergarten: Curriculum Guide and Resource

Book. Victoria, B.C.: Ministry of Education

Dearden, R. (1968). The Philosophy of Primar

y

Education. London: Routledge & Kegan

Paul.

Doyle, W. & Good, T. (1982). Focus on Teaching. Chicago: University of Chicago

Press.

Hildebrand, V. (1986). Introduction to Early Childhood Education, 4th Edition. New

York: MacMillan.