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ECE 409 Course Description & Academic Artifact

Infant-Toddler Specialization

 

Samantha Guzman ECE 409 Capstone Project Part 2 GTKYC (1)

Samantha Guzman ECE 409 Experience Plan

Samantha Guzman ECE 409 Learning Experience Plan 2 & 3

Samantha Guzman ECE 409 Part 4 Capstone Commentary Paper

Samantha Guzman ECE 409 Teaching Belief Statement

Infants and Toddlers Practicum II: Pedagogy for Infants and Toddlers

Course Description:

This is a capstone fieldwork course that enables students to demonstrate their competencies teaching infants and toddlers. It requires supervised participation in an assigned early childhood education setting (birth to thirty-six months) and attendance at a weekly seminar. Students will utilize practical classroom experiences to make connections between theory and practice, develop professional behaviors, and build a comprehensive understanding of children and families. Child centered, play-oriented approaches to teaching, learning and assessment; and knowledge of curriculum content areas will be emphasized as student teachers design, implement and evaluate experiences that promote positive development and learning for infants and toddlers with diverse learning styles and needs. Students spend a minimum of 90 hours in the field.

Artifact: Intentional Teaching Capstone Project

ECE 410 Course Description & Academic Artifact

Infant-Toddler Specialization, Preschool Specialization

Educational Foundations and Pedagogy for The Exceptional Child

Course Description:

This course examines the education of children (birth to eight years) with special needs, along with the historical, social, cultural, and legal foundations of special education in the U.S. It explores the causes and effects of various exceptionalities, including: emotional, intellectual, physical, visual, auditory, orthopedic, speech and/or language and giftedness. Techniques for differentiated learning and universal design are analyzed; issues of ethno-cultural diversity are explored, including methods for working with the families of children with special needs in respectful, non-biased ways. This course requires 30 hours of fieldwork.

Artifact: Identifying and Assessing a Focus Child

ECE 410 Mini Ecological Study Part 1

ECE 410 Part II Mini Ecological Study

ECE 410 Part III Mini Ecological Study

ECE 411 Course Description & Academic Artifact

Preschool Specialization

Early Childhood Practicum II: Pedagogy for Young Children

Course Description:

This is a capstone fieldwork course that enables students to demonstrate their competencies teaching young children. It requires supervised participation in an assigned early childhood education setting (preschool to second grade) and attendance at a weekly seminar. Students will utilize practical classroom experiences to make connections between theory and practice, develop professional behaviors, and build a comprehensive understanding of children and families. Child centered, play-oriented approaches to teaching, learning and assessment; and knowledge of curriculum content areas will be emphasized as student teachers design, implement and evaluate experiences that promote positive development and learning for young children with diverse learning styles and needs. Students spend a minimum of 90 hours in the field.

Artifact: Intentional Teaching Capstone Project