USF 1996-97 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 200 - 201

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COURSES

EEC 2000 INTRODUCTION TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (3)

An overview of early childhood education with emphasis on its historical development, current theories, and practices.

EEC 4001 LITERATURE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION -6A -XLW (3)

Emphasis is placed on developing knoweldge of literature for younger children (0 - 8 years) and methodologies and strategies for utililizing literature to teach literacy in content areas of the curriculum.

EEC 4203 PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN (3)

PR: Admission to College of Education. Develops students' understanding of programs in early childhood, philosophical orientations that guide program development, and components of high quality programs.

EEC 4211 INTEGRATED CURRICULUM: SCIENCE ANDMATHEMATICS (3)

PR: Admission to College of Education. Provides students with knowledge of beginning sequential science and mathematical concepts for the appropriate stages of cognitive development of young children. Emphasis will be placed on how science and mathematics are integrated throughout the curriculum and become valued functional tools.

EEC 4212 INTEGRATED CURRICULUM: SOCIAL SCIENCES/HUMANITIES & ARTS (3)

PR: Admission to College of Education. Emphasis is placed on understanding concepts associated with the major content areas within the social sciences. Planning, implementing, and evaluating appropriate learning experiences for children age 3 through grade 3 will link understanding to practice.

EEC 4300 COGNITIVE EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN (3)

PR: Admission to College of Education. Emphasizes theoretical and practical aspects of cognitive development for children ages 3 through 6 with focus on planning integrated experiences and content in science, mathematics, and social sciences.

EEC 4303 CREATIVE AND AFFECTIVE EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN (3)

PR: Admission to College of Education. Develops students' understandings of young children's creative expression through art, music, movement, play and drama. Emphasizes how to plan, implement, and evaluate appropriate learning experiences as well as selection of appropriate instructional materials.

EEC 4401 CHILD, FAMILY & TEACHER RELATIONS (3)

PR: Admission to College of Education. Focuses on developing an understanding of traditional and non-traditional families, structural and life style variations and parenting in diverse cultures and at-risk families. Implications from these understandings will guide development of a parent involvement plan that includes effective ways to communicate with parents, conference with parents, and plan parent meetings and home visits.

EEC 4706 LANGUAGE AND EMERGING LITERACY (3)

PR: Admission to College of Education. Provides knowledge of language development and emerging literacy for typical and atypical development in children from birth to third grade, including ESOL children.

EEC 4905 INDEPENDENT STUDY: ELEMENTARY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (1-4)

PR: CI. Specialized independent study determined by the student's needs and interests. May be repeated when subjects vary. (S/U only.)

EEC 4909 DIRECTED STUDY: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (1-3)

PR: Senior standing. To extend competency in teaching field.

EEC 4936 SENIOR SEMINAR IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (2)

PR: Senior standing; CR: EEC 4940. Synthesis of teacher candidate's courses in complete college program.

EEC 4940 INTERNSHIP: EARLY CHILDHOOD (10)

CR: EEC 4936. Teacher candidate is required to demonstrate professional competencies during one semester of full-day internship in a public or private elementary school. (S/U only.)

EEC 4941 FIELD EXPERIENCE I (3)

PR: Admission to College of Education. Field placement with three and four year olds where teacher candidates have opportunities to apply knowledge and skills in authentic situations and become objective observers of young children's development. Weekly seminars are conducted in conjunction with the field experience which provide teacher candidates an opportunity for reflection on their understandings.

EEC 4942 FIELD EXPERIENCE II (3)

PR: Admission to College of Education. Field placement in kindergarten or primary grade where teacher candidates have opportunities to apply knowledge and skills in authentic situations. Emphasis on developing deeper understanding of children's development and implications of development for program planning for both typical and atypical children.

EEC 4943 FIELD EXPERIENCE III (3)

PR: Admission to College of Education. Field placement in kindergarten or primary grade where teacher candidates have opportunities to apply knowledge and skills in authentic situations. Focus on developing deeper understanding of growth and development and relationship to curriculum planning with an emphasis on self-evaluation of knowledge, skills, and dispositions essential for teaching.

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Effective Date: Semester I, 1996