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Jul 04, 2025
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2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ECED 1001 - Introduction to Early Childhood Care and Education
Credits: 3
This course is designed to acquaint students with the field of early childhood inclusive education. The course will emphasize the importance of ages birth to eight and the part that early care and educational settings play in every child’s development including children with disabilities, developmental delays, language, and cultural differences. The course will review theories and philosophies of early care and education and will acquaint students with historical perspectives as well as modern trends, developments, and curriculum models. The course will explore the organization and composition of early childhood settings; curriculum planning based on Developmentally Appropriate Practices, materials, and equipment; and the role of the teacher including reflective practice. The course includes four, 2.5 hours of preschool classroom observations for a minimum of 10 hours. A minimum of 10 hours of field work is required for this course.
Previous ECE* 101
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