Nov 14, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2020-21

ECEE 3610 - Guidance and Classroom Management


This course focuses on the principles and methods of guiding students in classroom settings. Teacher candidates explore the connection between child development, environmental factors, and family diversity. Emphasis is on understanding strategies to develop positive and supportive relationships with students preschool through 5th grade.

Requisites: (Teacher Candidacy and admission to PK Internship) or (Child Development major) or (Family & Consumer Science Major)
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
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to articulate the developmental characteristics that influence child behavior.
  • Students will be able to identify how parenting styles, child rearing practices, culture, and family dynamics influence child behavior.
  • Students will be able to recognize the effects of stress, anxiety, and trauma on learning and self-regulation.
  • Students will be able to use developmental knowledge to develop positive, respectful, supportive learning environments that address the needs of all children.
  • Students will be able to describe strategies that promote supportive environments that enable children to self-regulate and interact positively.
  • Students will be able to illustrate an understanding of critical issues related to guidance and classroom management through the development of a personal philosophy statement.


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