EEC 2200 - Curriculum in Childhood Education

Credit Hours: 3.0
Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
The course provides an introduction to the development of integrated curriculum in early childhood classrooms, with a focus on setting up the environment, providing materials, and developing lesson plans and content explorations. The course examines the basic concepts that underlie Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP). At the core there is a strong emphasis on making the curriculum child-centered; that is, respecting each child’s culture, ethnicity, religion, language, and unique approaches to learning. Crucial to achieving this is an understanding of the ages and stages of development occurring with young children from infancy to 4 years of age, variations in their development, and their developmental process for learning.
Parallel: College Transfer (A.A. and A.S)