Tying current research on science teaching/learning to a classroom practice, this course examines advanced teaching strategies, discusses equity issues, and makes connections between formal and informal learning.
This course is the culminating course in the Early Childhood Education licensure program. In this course students reflect on and integrate learning from their Early Childhood Education program with General Education learning objectives and coursework. Open to Education Majors in the Early Childhood Program. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Educ majors in the Early Childhood Program.
Students will be challenged to reflect on and apply prior learning experiences to newer/current educational issues in order to gain a deeper perspective on those issues and develop possible solutions to problems. This course will utilize reflection, inquiry, and action that lead to the development of an action-based research project aiming to study educational issues in real world contexts. Working with their peers, students will develop an action research project which will culminate in a poster session to share results.
This course provides an overview of research and practices related to working with families in the educational contexts of young children. Methods for developing positive partnerships between educational institutions and families are explored.
This course provides a forum for the discussion and analysis of conceptual, theoretical, and practical links between multicultural education and students' primary research interests in other fields of study (language policy, bilingualism, teacher education, the education of bicultural students, curriculum, and pedagogy, among others).