Creating Environments for Learning: Birth to Eight, Third Edition(5 credits) EDCT 5439

Description

This course focuses on the development and implementation of quality learning environments for children.  It is appropriate for both early childhood preschool and elementary teachers.  It is representative of the interests, developmental levels, and cultural and geographic backgrounds of the typical children in today’s classrooms.  The latest research on early childhood education is provided, to design early childhood environments, plan curriculum, and defend the use of play as a learning method.  Thus, research, curriculum standards, and play-based learning is provided, resulting in a course that provides practical and interesting information on the developing the following centers:  dramatic play centers, manipulative and sensory centers, block and building centers, literacy centers, science centers, and art centers.  Creating outdoor environments, integrating families, and integrating technology is also emphasized.

Click Here to buy the book direct from the publisher

Click Here to preview the course syllabus.