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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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EDUCATION 464-4

Early Childhood Education

Summer Intersession, 1989

(May 8- June 16)

Tuesday & Thursday,

1:00-4:50 P.M.

Location: MPX 8620

Instructor:

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R. Gehlbach

Office:

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MPX 8661

Telephone:

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291-3222

PREREQUISITE:

Education 401/402 or equivalent.

DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed for persons interested in the education of young

children aged 2-8 years, including programs in day care, preschool, and

kindergarten, with a slight concentration on kindergarten.

1.

Students will engage in historical, sociological and philosophical

issues in ECE.

2.

Students will explore 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.

Five two-age thought papers on specific readings.

2.

Students wilrwrite a scholarly review of a book selected from a list

provided.

TEXTS:

Bruner, Jerome. (1986). Actual minds, possible worlds. Cambridge,

Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press. ISBN 0-674-00365-9.

Donaldson, M. (1978). Children's minds. New York: W. W. Norton.

ISBN 0-393-95101-4.

Tough, Joan. (1977). Talking and learning. London: Ward Lock. ISBN

0-706-23603-3.