Critical Issues in Early Learning and Child Care

Critical Issues in Early Learning and Child Care

Course number: ELCC 0209

Course length: 45 hrs

Course credits: 3 credits

Course description:

Students examine critical issues in the field such as diversity, technology, leadership, assessment and others, and their impact on instructional practice in a collaborative setting. The focus of this course is on the classic and current scholarship in early childhood curriculum, the political and societal contexts for curriculum development, and curriculum models in early childhood education and their application to programs for young children. Participants examine their beliefs and experiences related to young children, analyze critical and contemporary trends and issues in early childhood, including the political and societal contexts for those issues, and become advocates for young children and their families.

Course delivery:

• In Person