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    EDUCATION 464-4
    EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
    FALL, 1981
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    INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Roger Gehlbach
    Thursdays, 4:30 - 8:20
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    LOCATION: campus
    Description
    This course is designed as a general course for those interested in
    teaching young children, aged 3-8 years. The overall aim of the course
    is to pull together what is known about how childien lèa±mfrom their
    environments in order to figure out how to gain some control over that
    learning, whether in formal or informal educational settings. Readings
    will range from basic pscyhology to rather practical education.
    Requirements
    In addition to readings, there will be paper assignments:
    1.
    An issue in the philosophy of early childhood education.
    2.
    A research paper on a topic in psychology applied to instruction.
    3. A design project on a practical curriculum area.
    Texts:
    Brophy, Good,
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    Nedler. Teaching in the preschool. Harper and Row, 1976.
    Bijou, S. Early Childhood: The basic stage of child development. Prentice-
    Hall, 1976.

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