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2014-2015 Graduate Studies Bulletin 
    
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ELED 262A - Dual Certification Program Classroom Perspectives and Issues: Early Childhood and Childhood Education


Semester Hours: 4
Fall, January, Spring
Systems of early childhood and childhood education curriculum development, classroom interaction and environmental design are studied. Students engage in reflective self-study of their own teaching behavior. This course integrates curriculum inquiry and development, environmental design, and assessment. Issues of classroom structures, equity, diversity, and the inclusion of children with disabilities are also considered. This course includes development of classroom governance, provision for aesthetic education, play as a condition for learning, health nutrition, safety, development of student cognitive abilities, home-school relationships, and the integration of computer technology. Educational research findings and field experiences are studied and evaluated in order to develop insights that can inform classroom teaching.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Corequisite: ELED 261A. Completion of Phases 1 and 2 of the M.S.Ed. Dual Certification Program with no Incompletes or grades lower than C-, with a departmental grade point average of 3.0. Students must earn a grade C- or higher in each graduate course. Admission by interview and application to the Office of Field Placement.Note: January-Spring student teaching begins in December, the day after fall semester student teaching ends.





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