LAI 504LEC - Early Childhood Program Planning and Leadership

This introductory graduate-level course centers on the question ¿what is quality in early childhood / childhood education?¿ In this course, students will explore the philosophies and foundations of early childhood and childhood as well as the most effective curricular, pedagogical, and dispositional approaches and practices. For example, the course considers curricular design, instructional practice, classroom organization, and family engagement. In particular, this course elevates community and culturally responsive and sustaining praxis as crucial to student success. Students will have the opportunity to develop an educational philosophy grounded in research while honing the pedagogical tools to enact it.

Credits: 3