ECE 6618 - Designing Prosocial Learning Environments

3 Semester Hour(s)

An examination of early childhood education learning environments. Program models such as the English Infant School, the Open School, Montessori’s Prepared Learning Environment and other selected models will be studied. In addition, techniques for creating, maintaining, and assessing an environment that fosters knowledge construction, integration of technology resources, the development of autonomy, and independence will be examined. Students will investigate and implement these techniques with young children.