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    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FALL
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    The Specific Minor in Early Childhood Education (ECE) is designed
    to prepare students to specialize in the teaching of children at the
    preschool, kindergarten, and primary levels.
    THE PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
    The decision to specialize in Early Childhood Education is an
    ambitious one. In general, ECE teachers have more responsibility
    for the design of their educational programs than other teachers.
    The preschool and kindergarten curriculum guides are usually less
    helpful and explicit than those for Grade One. With young children,
    the routes to learning are often less direct, with less formal forms
    of instruction than direct teaching.
    The objective of the Minor, therefore, is to train students to cope
    with the kinds of educational problems they will encounter in the
    schools, and to do so sensitively, intelligently, and articulately.
    Some of the problems will be specific to teaching young children.
    Others will be general to education.
    WHO SHOULD APPLY
    Applications for the ECE Specific Minor are invited from any student
    interested in preparing to teach young children and prepared to
    commit himself to an arduous educational program. Prior experience
    with young children is not a prerequisite for application.
    Limited faculty resources require that enrollment be limited to 30
    students. Applications will be reviewed and the selection will be
    based on an assessment of each student's special interests and
    demonstrated competence. This judgment of potential teaching ability
    will be made in consultation with the student, his Faculty Associate,
    and a Faculty Professor.
    HOW TO APPLY
    An application form accompanies this announcement. Interested students
    should complete and return their applications as soon as they have
    made their decision. The deadline for the return of forms is October
    11, 1974.
    Additional information and advice can be obtained by contacting either
    Dr. Sheila O'Connell, Em. 108, or Dr. Roger Gehlbach, Em. 102, in
    Building #1, Faculty of Education.
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    EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
    The Specific Minor
    PROGRAM OF STUDY
    EDUCATION 402 - Intense Exposure
    This phase of the program is designed to expose and only partially
    educate students in the fundamental knowledge and critical issues
    of the profession.
    Seminars will be scheduled on topics requiring background reading
    and group discussion. Readings will be drawn from a variety of
    sources and condensed or exerpted for efficient study.
    Workshops will be held to utilize group efforts to produce ideas
    and/or materials that will be of practical value in later classroom
    work.
    Brown-bag lunch sessions will feature films, guest speakers, and
    informal discussions of selected topics.
    Self-instructional mini-courses will be available to enable students
    to gain basic knowledge in certain topics by means of concise readings
    and self-check response forms.
    EDUCATION 405 - "In-Scho1' Experience
    The purpose of this return to the classroom is to enable students to
    reflect on their developing impressions and points of view in the
    presence of real children in real classroom situations. In order to
    enable students to work confidently with children of any age from three
    to eight, a special dual-placement provision has been made for this
    component of the PDP. One placement will be in a preschool for three
    and four yearolds, and the second will be in a kindergarten.
    This experience, coupled with occasional on-campus seminars, will
    provide students with abundant opportunity to gain a clear perspective
    on all aspects of child growth during a period of very rapid develop-
    ment.
    EDUCATION 404 - Specialized Coursework
    A program of coursework will be worked out for each student in the
    ECE Specific Minor that will be appropriate to his and his advisor's
    assessment of his remaining educational needs. Normally, the
    requirements for this phase of the program are met in a single term.
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    EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
    The Specific Minor
    APPLICATION ?
    FORM
    Name:
    Address:
    Postal Code:
    Telephone:____________________
    I am at present enrolled in Education 401, working at
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    children in year #___________
    My School Associate is
    My Faculty Associate is
    Signature
    Date
    Semester hours accumulated
    Grade point average
    Planning to attend University during Summer
    1 75? _Yes
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    No
    Comment:
    RETURN COMPLETED FORM TO DR. ROGER GEHLBACH, RM. 102, BLDG. #1, FACULTY OF
    EDUCATION. Deadline: October 11, 1974

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