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COLLEGE OF EDUATION

DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD & SPECIAL EDUCATION

CHED 4330 –Mashburn 204

Integrated Curriculum in Early Childhood Education

Dr. Tammy Benson, Instructor

OFFICE: (MASH 132) 450-5462

E-MAIL: tammyb@uca.edu

WEB SITE:

OFFICE HOURS: Monday 1:00-6:00; Wednesday 1:00-3:00; Thursday 1:00-6:00

*Other times available by appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Part of the professional block I and required of all teacher candidates during the second semester before directed teaching. The course is a study of early childhood curriculum with developmental bases for learning, teaching, and assessing from both historical and current practices. The changing role of the teacher in developing curriculum for diverse populations will be emphasized. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education. Taken concurrently with courses in junior block. Offered in fall and spring semesters.

REQUIRED TEXT:

Kostelnik, M.J., Soderman, A.K., & Whiren, A.P. (2006). Developmentally appropriate curriculum: Best practices in early childhood education (4th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.

COURSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

1. Teacher candidate will identify and describe conditions that have curriculum implications for early childhood programs from birth through age eight. (UCA TPOA: A1, B3, C7, D1, D6)

2. Teacher candidates will be able to identify principles of development and learning and describe their implications on effective teaching. (UCA TPOA: A1, C2, C3,C4, D1)

3. Teacher candidates will plan and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum based on children’s development and their diverse learning needs. (UCA TPOA: A1, A2, A4, B1-5, C1-8, D4)

4. Teacher candidates will plan and implement a comprehensive curriculum based on the aesthetic, affective, cognitive, physical, language, and social domains. (UCA TPOA: A1-5, B3, C1-8, D1, D3, D5, D6)

5. Teacher candidate will integrate the early childhood curriculum using an interdisciplinary and theme approach. (UCA TPOA: A1-5, B3, C1-8, D1- D6)

6. Teacher candidates will be able to integrate the early childhood curriculum through play and projects. (UCA TPOA: A1-5, B1-3, B5, C1-6, C7, D1-3, D5)

7. Teacher candidates will be able to define assessment and identify basic concepts of measurement. (UCA TPOA: A5)

8. Teacher candidate will identify purposes of standardized testing and identify appropriate uses of test scores. (UCA TPOA: A5, C8, D4, D5)

9. Teacher candidates will be able to show organization and use of developmentally appropriate assessments and make decisions about children’s learning based on these assessments.(UCA TPOA:A5, C8, D4,D5)

FIELD EXPERIENCE:

Field experience must be successfully completed to pass this course. Candidates can access field experience requirements and assignments on department or instructor’s web page.

COURSE EVALUATION:

Teacher candidates will be evaluated using a variety of assessment methods Grades will be assigned based on the following criteria:

Four Exams @ 50 pts. 200 pts.

Class Participation, Pop Quizzes, & Act. approx. 50 pts.

Field Reflective Summary 20 pts.

Lesson Plan @ 20 pts. 20 pts.

Dramatic Play Center or Discovery Center 50 pts.

Literature Integrated Unit 50 pts.

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: approx. 390 pts.

Grading Scale

94-100 = A 84-93 = B 74-83 = C

Late assignments are discouraged. Five points will be deducted for each day an assignment is late Make up exams must be scheduled and approved by instructor prior to exam date and will be given the week before FINALS.

ALL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE TYPED, DOUBLE SPACE, AND PRESENTED IN AN ORGANIZED AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER. POINTS WILLBE DEDUCTED FOR GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES. ACTIVITIES MAY HAVE TO BE RESUBMITTED IF GRAMMAR IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM.

ATTENDANCE AND PROFESSIONALISM POLICY:

Attendance and punctuality are very important professional behaviors for teacher licensure. Class attendance is required for successful completion of classes. More than three absences will result in 3 points deducted from the final percentile average for each additional absence. If you are tardy, enter the classroom and sit in the designated area so as not to disturb your classmates. Three tardies will count as one absence. Candidates are also required to attend field experiences. Successful completion of field experiences is required to complete this course. After one absence in the field, any additional absences will need to be made up before finals week with the cooperating teacher’s consent.

Excessive absences (more than 3 in class or more than 1 in field work) may result in the candidate being administratively dropped from the course.

Candidates are expected to behave professionally during class time. Candidates will not talk while the professor or other classmates have the floor. This is an expected courtesy or respectful behavior. A classroom in which all who participate can learn and enjoy is the desired environment.

If the behavior of a student negatively affects the learning environment of the classroom, the student may be asked to leave. If the behavior continues, the student will arrange an appointment with the professor and will have a remediation plan ready for review. If the behavior still continues, the student may be removed from the class.

Cell phones. The student will turn off cell phones before entering the classroom. Cell phones disturb the learning environment.

STUDENT HANDBOOK POLICIES:

Candidates are expected to follow all policies in the UCA 2002-2003Student Handbook. Specific attention should be given to the policies regarding academic misconduct (p.34) , sexual harassment (p. 102), FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, p. 20) and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act, p. 27).

Academic misconduct is defined in three ways by the student handbook (p. 34). Academic dishonesty is: “knowingly discovers or attempts to discover the contents of an exam before the contents are revealed by the instructor, obtains, uses, attempts to obtain or use any material or device dishonestly; supplies or attempts to supply to any other person any material or device dishonestly or during the course of the examination; obtains or attempts to obtain unauthorized information from another student or from another student’s test materials.

Plagiarism is the presentation of another person’s work, ideas, or expressions whether you do so intentionally or as a result of careless documentation. “Any misrepresentation of academic work by a student as the product of their own study and efforts” constitutes academic misconduct. It is a serious violation and carries severe penalties such as a “0” on the assignment or possible failure of the course. Please consult the instructor if you have any questions concerning what constitutes plagiarism.

Last, academic misconduct is “the unauthorized possession, taking or copying of solutions manuals or computerized solutions for homework or research problems assigned by a professor and/or instructor.

The University of Central Arkansas adheres to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities will be made. Candidates should notify the Director of Disability Support Systems, located in the Student Center basement, room 01A. Course instructors should also be notified on the first day of class.

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