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Special Topics - Designs for Learning: Kindergarten
INTERSESSION
1983 ?
INSTRUCTOR: Joan Collins
Mondays & Wednesdays, 5:30 - 9:20
? LOCATION: on campus
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course will introduce 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.
OBJECTIVES:
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to provide strategies for further development of teaching competence in the area
of kindergarten and Year One
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to Increase understanding of concepts, principles and theory underlying a student
centred approach to learning
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to provide opportunities for the examination of and reflection upon issues and
individual beliefs related to teaching and learning in the early primary years
14. to provide workshops that model specific teaching strategies so that they may be
examined and discussed
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to assist teachers to develop a repertoire of teaching materials that will enhance
Kindergarten and Year One programs.
The course will focus on such topics as:
* discussion of selected issues as they related to, and hold inipHcatior,
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for school programs in the initial years.
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(e. g. child qrowth and developineit,
multicultural classrooms, early reading, curriculum development);
goals and objectives of a Kindergarten/Year One program;
creating learning environments and selecting, organizing, and implementing
instructional strategies, materials, and content;
appraising pupil learning, assessing teaching performance, and evaluating
educational programs.
The course will comprise of a broad range of experiences (lectures, workshops, seminars,
discussion groups, etc.) organized in such a way as to model a student-centred approach
and to maximize individualization 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.
RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
1.
Eliason, C. & Jenkins, L.
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A Practical Guide to Early Childhood Curriculum.
St. Louis: ?
The C.V. Mosby Co.,
1977.
OR
2.
Flemming, B.M. & Hamilton, D.S.
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Resources for Creative Teaching in Early Childhood
Education. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.,
1977.