classrooms. It will focus on the best practice supported by research in these fields and will emphasize how the teacher can set up a classroom that fosters literacy learning for students aged 5-12. Prerequisites: Courses in Block I.
ECED 3231		Early Childhood Science Education I (3-0-3)
This course will engage prospective teachers in active learning that will address issues, events, problems, and process skills in Physical Science in grades Pre-K through 5. The students will be expected to integrate knowledge of science, learning, and pedagogy and apply that knowledge to science teaching. Prerequisites: Courses in Block I.
ECED 3241		Early Childhood Social Studies Education I-Geography and History in K-5 Curriculum (3-0-3)
This course will develop an understanding of the themes and learning standards identified in both the national geography standards and the national history standards. Students will explore the implications of these understandings for instruction and assessment activities in these content areas that are appropriate to K-5 learners. Prerequisites: Courses in Block I.
ECED 3252		Language Arts Curriculum (3-0-3)
The development of listening, speaking, and writing skills of children along with effective uses of language in oral/written communication are stressed. Prerequisites: Courses in Block I.
ECED 4222		Early Childhood Mathematics Education (3-0-3)
The course will focus on mathematics as a conceptual approach enabling children to acquire clear and stable concepts by constructing meanings in the context of physical situations and allows mathematical abstractions to emerge from empirical experiences. The students will be expected to integrate knowledge of mathematics, learning, pedagogy, and students and apply that knowledge to teaching mathematics. Prerequisites: Courses in Block I and Block II.
ECED 4313		Literacy II: Advanced Literacy Instruction for Early Childhood Education (3-0-3)
This course will examine reading and writing difficulties encountered in the classroom. It will emphasize diagnostic/prescriptive teaching through experience with informal diagnostic assessment tools. Students will then use results of these assessments to design and implement tutoring for children experiencing difficulties. Prerequisites: Courses in Block I and II.
ECED 4322		Early Childhood Mathematics Education (3-0-3)
This course will focus on mathematics as a conceptual approach enabling children to acquire clear and stable concepts by constructing meanings in the context of physical situations and allows mathematical abstractions to emerge from empirical experiences. The students will be expected to integrate knowledge of mathematics, learning, pedagogy, students and assessment, and apply that knowledge to teaching mathematics in grades Pre-K through 5. Prerequisites: Admission to ECED Program; successful completion of Block I and II courses.

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