Early Childhood Education

(ECED) EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership
Rebecca Anderson, Ph.D. , Chair
Room 106D, E.C. Ball Hall
http://icl.memphis.edu/

ECED 3555 - Obsrv/Assmnt Infant/Erly Ch (3)
Developmental perspective on measurement and evaluation in early childhood years. Considers standardized tests, observations, checklists and rating scales, and tests designed by teachers; their advantages and disadvantages for use with young children; and professional ethical issues pertaining to evaluating young children. PREREQUISITE: EDPR 2111, and admission to TEP. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: EDPR 4301. [C]

ECED 4500 - Emergent Literacy/Lang Dev (3)
Cognitive view in developmental perspective of language development and literacy processes from birth to age five; materials and methods of teaching and assessing language development and emergent literacy from a sociocultural perspective. Required field experiences in multi-cultural settings. PREREQUISITE: ECED 3555 and admission to TEP.

ECED 4510 - Early Chld Prgms/Pr (3)
Early childhood profession, its multiple historical, philosophical, and social foundations; current issues, trends and public policies affecting children, families, programs for young children and early childhood profession; exploring early childhood teacher roles and responsibilities through observations in multi-cultural settings. Ten hours field experience required. PREREQUISITE: admission to TEP. (F,Sp).

ECED 4515 - Teach/Lrng Erly Chld Ed (3)
Developmentally appropriate teaching and learning methods with emphasis on the teacher's role as facilitator; fostering development and learning through play; creating appropriate, psychologically safe and healthy learning environments; fostering individual and group interactions. PREREQUISITE: EDPR 4301, ECED 3555, and admission to TEP. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISTE: ECED 4510.

ECED 4520 - Plan/Facilitn Social Lrng/Dev (3)
Planning, implementing, and evaluating programs to facilitate young children's social learning from birth through age 8; addresses socialization, social science skills, knowledge, and dispositions in context of integrating content instruction and learning. Fifteen hours field experience required. PREREQUISITE: admission to TEP, or permission of instructor. COREQUISITE: ECED 4525.

ECED 4525 - Practicum Early Chld Tch/Lrn (1-3)
Planning, implementing, evaluating early childhood methods and materials in K-3 classes. PREREQUISITE: ECED 4515 and admission to TEP. COREQUISITE: ECED 4520 (Sp) and ECED 4530 (F).

ECED 4530 - Plan/Facltn Math/Science Lrng (3)
Provides knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to plan for and facilitate development and learning of physical, logico-mathematical, social knowledge of math and science for children from birth through nine years. Fifteen hours field experience required. PREREQUISITE: ECED 4515 and admission to TEP, or permission of instructor. COREQUISITE: ECED 4525.

ECED 4540 - Pln/Fclt Infant/Toddler Dev (3)
Models, principles, curriculum and practices of developmentally appropriate infant/toddler caregiving; emphasis on teacher's knowledge of child development, skills and dispositions necessary to foster infant and toddler development in group care settings. Ten hours field experience required. PREREQUISITE: ECED 4515 and admission to TEP, or permission of instructor.