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EDUCATION 464

Early Childhood Education

Summer Session, 1978.

Dr. Greta Morine-Dershimer.

This course will focus on the application of research to curriculum

practice in programs for young children. Three separate areas of research

and theory in child development will be examined, and their implications for

teaching will be explored. The emphasis will be upon the practical application

of concepts to the every day problems of classroom teaching, particularly

teaching in kindergarten and the primary grades. Class activities will include

brief lectures, film and videotape presentations, and small group projects.

Requirements for this course will include: approximately 150 pages of

reading per week, a minor and a major paper, and a final examination.

Required Texts:

Brophy, Good & Nedler. Teaching in the Preschool.

Bijou. The Stages of Early Childhood.

Piaget. (Sarah Campbell, editor). Piaget Sampler.

Bandura. Social Learning Theory.

Recommended Texts:

Croft & Hess. An Activities Handbook for Teachers of Young Children.

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