METHODS, MATERIALS AND ACTIVITIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Elementary Education BSE, Elementary Education and Special Education BSE, Special Education BSE or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Become familiar with a variety of early childhood methods and materials and their use with children in a variety of learning contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Plan instruction for children ages 3-8 years using strategies that responds to the ways young children learn, addresses an array of subject matter knowledge, and that promotes culturally responsive experience. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Learn teaching strategies for planning an equitable student-centered curriculum. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify the equity and developmental theories underlying these methods and materials Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Become familiar with a variety of early childhood methods and materials and their use with children in a variety of learning contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Plan instruction for children ages 3-8 years using strategies that responds to the ways young children learn, addresses an array of subject matter knowledge, and that promotes culturally responsive experience. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Learn teaching strategies for planning an equitable student-centered curriculum. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify the equity and developmental theories underlying these methods and materials Audience: Graduate