Sep 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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EDEC 3700 - Diversity in Early Childhood Education
Focuses on increasing awareness, sensitivity and understanding of and responsiveness to children and families from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, religious, and family backgrounds. Students complete an approved service project in diverse settings.
Requisites: C or better in (EDEC 1001 and 1600) and admission to the Early Childhood Education program
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:
- Increase knowledge of diversity through extensive assigned and self-selected readings that focus on diversity from a global perspective.
- Diversity in early childhood education prepares students for the following objectives:
- Demonstrate knowledge, skills and dispositions in conflict resolution education.
- Demonstrate strategies to meet the needs of young dual language learners in early childhood classrooms.
- Explore multiple ways to integrate multicultural/diversity education into early childhood classrooms.
- Explore their own cultural, ethnic, linguistic viewpoints.
- Identify children’s literature that enhances understanding of diversity.
- Plan for instruction in diverse classrooms.
- Participate in events and/or activities that enhance understanding and sensitivity to diverse viewpoints.
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