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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

ED 357 - Early Childhood Education: Investing in the Future


This course introduces the field of early childhood education. It provides an overview of: major historical and contemporary program models; current research on early child development and education; policy and advocacy issues; family and community perspectives; and the Vermont Early Learning Standards. Students develop skills to observe, contrast and analyze a variety of programs through required observations.

Prerequisites: ED-251; Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors Only; Education Major/Minor/Licensure Students Only (If spaces remain, course will be open with
permission of instructor to students in other majors who have taken a child or human development course that includes the period of early childhood.).
 

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