EDU 238A DHH: Early Childhood Curricula
This course is designed to train graduate students how to effectively create quality curriculum plans and strategies in early childhood education environments with children who are deaf/hard of hearing, ages 3-5 years. Specific areas of study will include the following topics: child development theory, assessment, and development of fine and gross motor skills, social/emotional skills, cognitive skills, language development, strategies for English learners, preschool routines, creating theme-based curricula, a listening and spoken language learning environment, practice of audiological management, development of auditory skills in a classroom, writing and implementing activity plans in the preschool classroom, how to support effective language and cognitive development for all learners, how to analyze and apply current research. A 32-hour fieldwork commitment in a preschool classroom is required in order to complete the assignments and meet the performance-based competencies for this course.
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