FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Deepen understanding of young children's lived experiences in social and cultural contexts Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Consider your own early learning experiences and those of your classmates Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Recognize the power and importance of families and communities in early learning Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Examine varied approaches to the schooling of young children Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Acknowledge issues of injustice and inequity in early childhood classrooms Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Reimagine early childhood classrooms in ways that sustain young children's languages, abilities, and racial identities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Examine the roles of early childhood theory and research on practice Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Deepen understanding of young children's lived experiences in social and cultural contexts Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Consider your own early learning experiences and those of your classmates Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Recognize the power and importance of families and communities in early learning Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Examine varied approaches to the schooling of young children Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Acknowledge issues of injustice and inequity in early childhood classrooms Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Reimagine early childhood classrooms in ways that sustain young children's languages, abilities, and racial identities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Examine the roles of early childhood theory and research on practice Audience: Graduate