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Education
4644
Early
Childhood Education
FALL,
1983
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INSTRUCTOR: Roger Gehlbach
Tuesdays,
1:30 - 8:20
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LOCATION: on campus
DESCRIPTION
The course will have three principal objectives:
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Students will become knowled
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eable about the maor
issues which affect decisions regarding the education
of young children in both home and school settings.
2. Students will become competent in the design o4
curriculum in a variety of forms for use in early
childhood educational programs
3. Students will become articulate about the problems and
prospects that will impact the nature of early
childhood education in the future.
REQUIREMENTS
Students will be required to complete two major assignments:
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A take-home examination, during late October. based
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on the malor textbook and lecture/discussion
material
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A term paper, due the last day of class, based upon an
issue concerned with educational futures for young
children.
TEXTS
Hess, R. & Croft, D. Teachers of Youn g Children. Houghton
Mifflin, 1981
Toffler, A. The Third Wave. Bantam, 1981