ECE 3575 - International Approaches to Early Care and Learning

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission into the Birth-Five program; ECE 2205; ECE 3350.
This course addresses comparative early care of infants and children in international settings including countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, Central and South America, Italy, Australia, The United States and others. Students will explore the diversity of parenting, for example, neonatal and early child care education. The course will include a survey of the role of international agency support such as the World Health Organization, UNICEFF, Save the Children, and The World Bank and its role in eliminating world poverty.