Chabot College
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- Early Childhood Literacy
- Introduction to the language and literacy development domain in the California Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks including the strands of listening and speaking, reading, and writing. Provides practical considerations for implementing the curriculum frameworks developed for this domain.
- ECD Principles and Practices (Hale)
- Explores the typical roles and expectations of early childhood educators emphasizing the key role of relationships, constructive adult-child interactions. Identifies professional ethics, career pathways, and professional standards. Introduces best practices for developmentally appropriate learning environments, curriculum, and effective pedagogy for young children including how play contributes to children's learning, growth, and development.
- Exploring Education (Hale)
- Introduction to the field of teaching and education. Directed observations of pre-k, elementary, middle, or secondary classrooms. Examination of changing issues in education and their implications on teaching practice and theory. In addition to class time, the course requires a minimum of 45 hours of structured fieldwork in public school elementary classrooms.