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EDUCATION 486-4

SPECIAL TOPICS: The Early Primary Years -

Strategies and Methods for Kindergarten Teachers

SPRING, 1982

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INSTRUCTORS: D. Melanie Zola

Maureen Cuming

Wednesday, 4:30 - 8:20

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LOCATION: on campus

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course will instroduce you to a survey of principles and practices

of school programs for the early years - specifically at the Kindergarten

and Year One levels in British Columbia.

The course will focus on such topics as:

- selected aspects of child growth and development as they

relate to, and hold implication for, school programs

in the initial years;

- goals and objectives of a Kindergarten/Year One program;

- creating learning environments and selecting, organizing,

and implementing instructional strategies, materials, and

coltent;

- appraising pupil learning, assessing teaching performance,

and evaluating educational programs.

The course will comprise of a broad range of experiences (lectures,

workshops, seminars, discussions groups, etc.) organized in such a

way as to model a student-centered approach and to maximuze individual-

ization of learning.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Attendance and participation in all parts of the program.

Completion of readings, completion of major investigative project,

and completion of various follow-up assignments.

Demonstration of competency in fulfilment of selected assignments.

TEXT - No required text.

A variety of recommended readings and resources.