ECE 4545 - Methods of Discovery and Exploration of Scientific and Mathematical Concepts

2 Class Hours 5 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education program; ISCI 2001; ISCI 2002; ECE 3520. Corequisite: ECE 4515, ECE 3560, and ECE 3530.
This course focuses on integrating the science processes and concepts of inquiry-based science into early childhood education. Emphasis is placed on the importance of science in early childhood and the implementation, and assessment of science curriculum. Instructional areas include numeration, measurement, estimation, and computation skills. This course includes an intensive five-week field experience as well as the use of educational technology.

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