Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

GRAD-0013

Organization's ID:

S1 - 118582322; S2 - 118582333

Organization:

Graduation Alliance

Location:

Online

Length:

4 weeks (120 hours)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	Early Childhood Education or Child Development

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to teach students to examine the history and philosophy of early childhood education, types of early childhood programs, and the roles, rights and responsibilities of learners and stakeholders in early childhood education; assess developmental appropriate practices, legal, ethical and organizational issues, and the challenge of teaching and caring for young children with diverse needs; understand career planning and professionalism.

Learning Outcomes:

Review and compare jobs, careers, and salaries in early childhood education
Describe the requirements and steps needed to open and operate a daycare center and the health care requirements
Describe and explain the components, periods, and influences on physical and emotional development and intelligence
Identify stages, theories, skills, and the role of adults in language growth acquisition and literacy
Discuss, list, and describe ways to create and implement classroom safety and rules for an environment more conducive to children's learning and development
Describe, prepare, and implement differentiated instruction for three main components: content, process, and product and how to evaluate and grade differentiated products
Summarize and identify methods, designs, and components needed to determine whether students have learned the standards-based curriculum and lessons
Describe how to develop lesson plans, set objectives for your course, divide the course into units and subdivisions, develop your instructional design and evaluate materials
Describe and explain the methods for providing developmentally appropriate practices, positive guidance and how to pause, listen, and adjust instruction and help behaviors
Describe and identify how cultural diversity, self-awareness and reflection are critical in developing empathy and overcoming bias and a child's need for acceptance and belonging
Identify, explain, describe, differentiate, and discuss childhood education and development from the 17th through the 21st centuries, knowing theorists and psychologists ideas
Explain and describe how cultural, cognitive, social, and emotional development takes place in the classroom, how young children's brains and learning capacity are created, and the factors that shape the child's development
Identify and differentiate the main ideas in growth and development, behaviorism, and cognitive theories pertaining to early childhood
Describe and summarize the developmental milestones for children ages 3 - 5 in the five domains of learning: physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language
Describe, identify, and list techniques used in instructional scaffolding and when to use.