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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION

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EARLY CHiLDHOOD EDUCATION

Regular Summer Semester, 1991

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Instructor:

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J.D. Clarkson

(May 6 - August 2)

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Phone:

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291-3222

Tuesdays, 5:30 - 9:20 p.m.

Location: MPX 7500F

PREREQUISITE:

Educ. 401/402 or equivalent.

COURSE OUTLINE

Those who enroll in this course will examine historical trends, philosophical

issues and instructional research relating to early childhood education. They

will also engage in exercises intended to show how philosophy and research are

relevant to classroom instruction of young children. Although the course deals

mainly with theoretical issues, there is a practical aspect as well. Students will

be asked to design a lesson compatible with a theme to be announced in the first

week of lectures and present this lesson to the class during the course.

Students and teachers with an interest in the current changes to British

Columbia's education system might find this course particularly interesting as

some of the issues to be discussed will be selected from "Primary Program."

Topics to be discussed include:

• Historical perspectives in ECE

- Pestalozzi to Piaget

• Planning strategies for the ECE curriculum

• Development of motivation and self-concept in the classroom

• Play as an educational activity

• Whole language/basal approaches to language instruction

• Direct instruction in the ECE classroom

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Annotated bibliography and presentation

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40010

Weekly discussion papers ?

30%

Design project and presentation ?

309o '

REQUIRED TEXT

Ministry of Education (1990).

Primary Program Foundation Document.

Victoria: Curriculum Development Branch, Province of British

Columbia

Other readings on specific topics will be made available at cost as the course

progresses