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Early Childhood Education

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Summer Session, 1983

(July 4th - August 12th)

Wednesday & Friday, 1:00 -

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Instructor: Dr. Marjorie Hipple

Location: On Campus

Students will gain basic knowledge about the historical, philosophical, and

psychological foundations of early childhood education. Students will also

gain knowledge about and competence in the development of early childhood

curriculum and instruction.

OUTLINE:

I.

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Foundations of Early Childhood Education

A. Historical Foundations

1. European Influences (Froebel, Montessori, etc.)

2.

American Influences (Reformation, Sputnik, Compensatory Education, etc.)

B. Philosophical and Psychological Foundations

1.

Goals of Early Childhood Education

2.

Views of Child Development and Learning (Cognitive, Psychoanalytic,

Learning, Humanistic Theories, etc.)

C. Contemporary Models in Early Childhood Education

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Issues and Trends

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Early Childhood Education

A.

Role and Value of Play

B. Impact of Day Care

C.

Reading in the Kindergarten

D. Other Topics

III. Setting Up Good Programs for Young Children

A. Varied Instructional Patterns in Early Childhood Education

B.

Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Learning Experiences

1. The Physical Environment

2.

Teacher and Child Centered Learning Experiences

3. Differentiated Staff and Volunteers

4.

Parent Education and Involvement

TEXTBOOKS:

Leeper, Sara and others. Good Schools for Young Children, Fourth Edition (or

Later if available). New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1979.

Hymes, Jame L. Jr. Teaching the Child Under Six. Columbus: Charles E. Merrill

Publishing Co., 1981.