EDUC 212 Advanced Methods and Materials in Early Childhood Education

This course is designed to expand on the content presented in EDUC 112. This course emphasizes planning, webbing, collecting, and preparing a variety of learning activities and materials, and using the Project Approach to planning. Students will examine a variety of issues related to the development and delivery of curriculum in an early childhood program.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

EDUC 111 and EDUC 112

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Identify how various components of the curriculum can be integrated into one activity.
2. Integrate the scientific inquiry method into an activity for young children.
3. Identify resources for anti-bias multicultural programming for young children.
4. Create an emergent curriculum (Project Approach) unit for young children.
5. Develop lesson plans for several subject areas based on developmentally appropriate practice.
6. Plan and present an example of a practical strategy for building social and emotional skills in young children.
7. Plan and present an activity that supports the development of language and emergent literacy in a classroom of young children.

Course Objectives

1. Identify how various components of the curriculum can be integrated into one activity.

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Early Childhood Development - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   5. Demonstrate understanding of content areas and apply developmentally appropriate approaches to enhance children’s learning and development.

2. Integrate the scientific inquiry method into an activity for young children.

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Early Childhood Development - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   5. Demonstrate understanding of content areas and apply developmentally appropriate approaches to enhance children’s learning and development.

3. Identify resources for anti-bias multicultural programming for young children.

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Early Childhood Development - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   2. Identify the policies, issues, trends, and historical events in the field of early childhood education.

   Degree: Early Childhood Development - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   4. Demonstrate knowledge of supporting and empowering families and communities through respectful, reciprocal relationships.

4. Create an emergent curriculum (Project Approach) unit for young children.

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Early Childhood Development - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   5. Demonstrate understanding of content areas and apply developmentally appropriate approaches to enhance children’s learning and development.

5. Develop lesson plans for several subject areas based on developmentally appropriate practice.

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Early Childhood Development - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   5. Demonstrate understanding of content areas and apply developmentally appropriate approaches to enhance children’s learning and development.

6. Plan and present an example of a practical strategy for building social and emotional skills in young children.

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Early Childhood Development - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   1. Describe the theories and principles of child development and learning, and apply the theories and principles to classroom teaching.

   Degree: Early Childhood Development - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   5. Demonstrate understanding of content areas and apply developmentally appropriate approaches to enhance children’s learning and development.

   Degree: Early Childhood Development - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   6. Identify and explain the models of classroom and behavior management.

7. Plan and present an activity that supports the development of language and emergent literacy in a classroom of young children.

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Early Childhood Development - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   5. Demonstrate understanding of content areas and apply developmentally appropriate approaches to enhance children’s learning and development.