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Dec 11, 2024
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ECE 135 - Preschool Education with Field Experiences Credits: 5 Lecture Contact Hours: 4 Off Site Contact Hours with Faculty: 1 Off Site Contact Hours Without Faculty: 4 Description: This course is designed to assist students in knowing and understanding the characteristics and needs of the preschool child and methods by which they are met. There will be a focus on stages of development and typical behaviors. Students will use their own knowledge and other resources to design, implement and evaluate meaningful, challenging curriculum for children. Students will have a 60 hour field experience working directly with preschool children. Michigan Central Registry Clearance by the Michigan Department of Human Services and a current TB test are required for this course. This course requires all students must meet the requirements of a criminal background check.
Prerequisites: ECE 110 or EDUC 110 . Corequisites: None. Recommended: None.
Course Category: Occupational This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall Check Course Availability
Students who already have this knowledge may qualify for prior learning credit. https://www.schoolcraft.edu/student-records/prior-learning-credits Course Competencies
- Build meaningful curriculum for preschool children.
- Demonstrate appropriate teaching skills.
- Reflect on one’s own teaching practices.
- Implement meaningful curriculum for preschool children.
- Outline the Child Protection Law and Mandated Reporting of Suspected Abuse and Neglect.
- Practice a variety of observational techniques.
- Outline an environment that is secure yet stimulating for preschool children.
- Identify safety hazards in the early education environment.
- Demonstrate the early childhood techniques which promote children’s positive self-concepts, independence, responsibility and social competence.
- Exercise professionalism.
- Critique each educational environment on curriculum, teaching methods, environment, program components and practices.
- Compare teaching styles observed in early childhood classrooms.
- Employ effective teamwork skills within the preschool environment.
- Incorporate the central concepts and inquiry tools in the curriculum areas of language and literacy, dance/drama, visual arts, math, science, physical activity and social studies for activities appropriately developed for preschool children.
- Share appropriate content and developmental knowledge with families.
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