Teaching Science As Inquiry in Early Childhood

EDC

342

Teaching Science As Inquiry in Early Childhood

Teacher candidates will learn how to plan and implement meaningful and developmentally appropriate thematic investigations that educate and challenge young children. Teacher candidates will be guided in planning and implementing a curriculum and developing experiential environments that will actively engage children so that they ask questions, investigate, pose challenges, solve problems, make discoveries, as well as enhance and extend their understanding of scientific concepts. Teacher candidates will also learn a range of strategies used by children with special needs. Informal and formal assessment tools will be presented as well as classroom management strategies for whole-class and small-group instruction. The course will also examine educational technology in early childhood science instruction for its usefulness and developmental flexibility. NOTE: Students will spend a total of two half-days per week in the field.

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

No

029740