EEC 3204 - Curriculum in Early Childhood Education

College of Education

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Fall 2020 (580)

Requisites

Admission to Educational Studies and Community Leadership (Bachelor of Science) (EDST-BS)
Early Childhood Education subplan and
Pre- or Co-requisite EEC 3005 with a minimum grade of C

Course Description

This course is a study of the components of developmentally appropriate curriculum. Students will evaluate learning environments, analyze classroom schedules and write age appropriate lesson plans for young children. (Note: This course requires 10 field experience hours in an early childhood setting.)

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will analyze general principles of developmentally appropriate practice by:
    1. defining the components of developmentally appropriate practice.
    2. examining the categories and social stages of play.
    3. comparing data related to developmentally appropriate methods of instruction for young children.
  2. The student will evaluate the role of curriculum for young children by:
    1. identifying indicators of developmentally appropriate curricula.
    2. summarizing curricula philosophies and models of instruction.
    3. identifying the key components of lesson plans and schedules designed for programs serving young children.
    4. creating appropriate classroom designs for early childhood and primary programs.
  3. The student will analyze developmentally appropriate practices for all developmental domains by:
    1. describing the developmental tasks of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
    2. assessing activities, materials/equipment, schedules and learning environments, for their appropriateness for each age group.
  4. The student will evaluate effective strategies for the involvement of families in programs serving young children by:
    1. summarizing the attitudes and behaviors that promote partnerships with families.
    2. developing strategies that include family members in the education of young children.
  5. The student will create learning activities from the skills and knowledge learned in the course by:
    1. formulating lessons for early childhood infant/toddler and preschool settings.
    2. preparing learning objectives.
    3. organizing lessons relevant to goals and standards.
    4. designing and implementing learning activities/experiences.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will, with a minimum of 75% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I 4/28/2009, BOT 6/19/2009, Effective 20091(0415). Submitted as EEC 3268; SCNS approved as 3204. C&I 3/23/2010, BOT 4/21/2010, Effective 20093(0425). C&I 4/27/2010, BOT 6/15/2010, Effective 20093(0425). C&I 5/25/2010, BOT 7/22/2010, Effective 20101(0430). C&I 9/16/2011, BOT 10/2011, Effective 20112(0450). C&I Approval: 09/16/2011, BOT Approval: 10/01/2011, Effective Term: Spring 2012 (450). C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Fall 2018 (550). C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Summer 2019 (560).
C&I Approval: 02/21/2020, BOT Approval: 03/17/2020, Effective Term: Fall 2020 (580)

Related Programs

  1. Educational Studies and Community Leadership (EDST-BS) (610) (Draft)