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EDUCATION 464-4: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

(Early Childhood Education Module PDP Students Only)

Intersession I1

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Instructor: ?

Dr. R. Gehibach

May 4 -

June 12 ?

Office:

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MPX 8661

Mon.

& Wed. 1:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.

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Phone: ?

291-3222

Location: ?

MPX 7600F

DESCRIPTION

This course is restricted to students registered for the Early Childhood Education Module of

the PDP during 87-1. It is designed to continue work begun in Education 402. It will

differ from work already done in the following respects:

1.

Students will engage at a high level historical and philosophical issues in ECE. It is

expected that the classroom experiences of Educ. 401 will enable students to

comprehend readily both the relevance and the substance of these topics.

2.

Students will explore deeply the psychological foundations of a variety of ECE

instructional practices, from teacher-directed lessons to instructionally designed play

environment.

3.

Students will learn to apply a general theoretical framework to comprehensive

programming for young children in both preschool and the primary grades.

REQUIREMENTS

1.

Students will write a major research paper on a topic selected from a list to be provided

early in the course.

2.

Students will complete an instructional design project in an area of choice.

TEXTS

Dearden, R. (1968). The Philosophy of Primar

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Education. London: Routledge & Kegan

Paul.

Doyle, W. & Good, T. (1982). Focus on Teaching. Chicago: University of Chicago

Press.

Hildebrand, V. (1986). Introduction to Early Childhood Education. 4th Edition. New

York: MacMillan.