Nov 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2014-15

EDEC 3500 - Teaching Early Childhood Social Studies


Focuses on both the content of social studies for early childhood education, consistent with state and national social studies standards, and the instructional processes to be used to engage children by connecting social studies with concepts such as families, community, and how we live. Through use of story, structured discussion, inquiry and democratic processes, presents the prospective early childhood teacher with both the approach to content and the choices of instructional approaches to teach social studies in classrooms for young children.

Requisites: Advanced standing in professional education and 2.75 GPA and EDEC 3002 or 3003 concurrent
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I


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