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Early Childhood Education

Fall Semester

1982

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Instructor: Dr. Roger Gehlbach

Mondays

e:30 - 8:30

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Location: On Campus

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Students will gain a basic working knowledge of the major schools

of thought in psychology which underlie common early childhood

educational programming. Students will gain competence in the

design of learning programs for young children, the objectives

and strategies for which will be negotiated.

OUTLINE OF TOPICS:

1. Basic Child Development

a.

maturation

b.

learning

c.

other

2.

The Design of Curriculum for Young Children

a.

formal instruction

b.

informal instruction

c.

instructional play

REQUI REMENTS:

I. Mid-term examination

2.

Final examination

3.

Participation in a small-group curriculum development project

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Students should have a basic course in psychology or in educational

psychology prior to registration. Students lacking such a background

may contact the instructor for suggestions for self-study prior

to registration.

TEXTBOOKS:

Bijou, S. Child Development: The Basic Stage. Prentice-Hall,

1976

Engelmann, S. Concept Learnin. Adapt Press,

808

W. Avenue,

Sioux Falls, S.D., U.S.A.57lOf (1969)

Dearden, R.F. The Philosophy of Primary Education. Routledge

& Kegan Paul, 1968.