ELE 4776 Sp08 Eastern Illinois UniversityDepartment of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle Level EducationELE 4776: Early Childhood Education: History and PhilosophySPRING 2009Tuesday: 6:00-8:30 PM, Buzzard 1121Instructor: Dr. Sham`ah Md-YunusOffice: 2203, Buzzard HallOffice Hours: T-R; 10-11 AM & 4-6 PM; other times by appointmentsPhone: 217-581-6215 (office)E-mail: [email protected] Theme: Educators as creators of effective educational environment, integrating diverse students, subjects, strategies, and societies. Catalog Course Description: The history and philosophy of early childhood education from birth through age eight. Historical and contemporary models, social policy, and philosophical issues.Prerequisites: Eight semester hours in education and psychology.Course Purpose: This course is intended to provide: 1) basic knowledge about the historical foundation of early childhood education (ECE); 2) an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of current programs, practices and philosophies; 3) recent trends and issues in the field; and 4) national values and social forces which influence the field of ECE.Course Text: Morrison, G. S. (2007). Early Childhood Today (10th. Edition). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.Model of Teaching: Information-Processing Family:Information-processing models emphasizing ways of enhancing the human being’s innate drive to make sense of the world by acquiring and organizing data, sensing problems and generating solutions to them anddeveloping concepts and language for conveying them. This model provides the learner with information and concepts emphasize concept formation and hypothesis testing, and generate creative thinking to enhance general intellectual ability, to use for studying the self and society, and for achieving the personal and social goals in education (Joyce, B., Weil, M., & Calhoun, E. (2009). Models of teaching. (8th. ed.). NY:Pearson.If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodation, please contact the Office of Disability Services at 581-6583. Dispositions: Teacher candidates in the Department of EC/ELE/MLE will exhibit professional ethical practices, effective communication, sensitivity to diversity, the ability to provide varied teaching practices evidenced in a supportive and encouraging environment. Note: Live Text and Practicum: If Live Text and practicum are required for the class, they will be graded bythe instructor and if students have been completed in less than a satisfactory manner then no more that a “D” may be earned in the class regardless of the number of points earned. Teaching Standards Related to ELE 4776:Illinois Professional Teaching Standards (IPTS): http://www.isbe.net/profprep/standards.htmIllinois Core Technology Standards (ICTS): http://www.isbe.state.il/profprep/standards.htm1ELE 4776 Sp08 Illinois Core language Arts Standards (ICLA): http://www.isbe.net/profprep/CASCD/pdfs/24110_corelanguageartsstds.pdfNational Association of Education for Young Children Standards (NAEYC):http://www.naeyc.org/accreditation/next_era.aspOutcomes Specific to this Course:- Demonstrate knowledge of past and present development, issues, research, and social influences inthe field of ECE. - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of historical backgrounds and philosophies that influenced ECE programs and approaches. - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of different type of early childhood program and approaches serving young children and their families.- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of how to address and meeting the needs of children and their families- Use technology to support teaching and learning.- Model appropriate professional behavior- ethical, legal, social, and moral.Course RequirementsCourseRequirementsDemonstrated Competencies Aligned StandardsParticipation Performance includes presence, participation and preparation for group and whole class discussions.IPTS: 1, 9, 10, 11ICTS: 4, 5, 6, 7ICLA: 2NAEYC: 5Reading and WrittenResponses(textbooks andJournal Articles)Performance includes reading, reflections and preparing for discussions of contents related to the philosophy and programs in early childhood education.IPTS: 1,2,3, 4,5, 7ICTS: 6,7,8ICLA: 2,NAEYC: AllTests andExaminationsTests and examinations are one of the forms of assessments of students’ content knowledge about philosophy and programs in early childhood programs.IPTS: 1, 2, 3, 8ICTS: 7,8ICLA: 2,NAEYC: 1, 3,4Research Paper Performance includes research on related topics, write papers and presentationIPTS: AllICTS: 1,2, 5,7,8ICLA:2,NAEYC: AllProject Performance includes developing project on comparing different types of early childhood programs and philosophy in the early childhood education with the integration of technologyIPTS: AllICTS:1,2,5,7,8ICLA: 2,NAEYC: All2ELE 4776 Sp08 Core AssignmentsCoreAssignmentsBrief Description Approximate WeightArticleReflectionsThe article must be selected from professional journals and reflected the current issues or topics in the early childhood education. The article must include summary of the article, discussions and reflections. 10%Tests andExaminationTests and examination consists of multiple measures, including multiple choice, short answers, and essay questions. Questions will be derived from lecture, assigned readings, article handouts and class discussions.20% Research Paper 1. Philosophical Issues (20%) - write a paper on issues related to philosophy in early childhood education. Issue or topic must be current and significant to the early childhood field. 2. Philosophy of Education (20%) - write a paper on what student's philosophy and belief about teaching and learningof young children and their families. 40% Project Comparing and contrasting two or more types of early childhood programs from different perspectives (philosophy, daily schedules and activities, assessments and evaluations, teacher's role, parental involvement, etc). Project will be presented in class. Utilization of technology in the project will be part of the assessment.20% Detailed instructions and expectations for each assignment will be provided by the individual instructor.Course Overview: This course covers five topics in early childhood programs and philosophy: 1) early childhood education and professional development, 2) the foundations of history, theories, and philosophies in early childhood education, 3) programs and services for