ED 564 - Continuing Issues in Early Childhood Education

3 Credit(s)

This course focuses on the identification and analysis of issues, innovations, trends, and policies of current importance in early childhood education. Topics may include government responsibility in early childhood care and education, the origins and significance of employer-supported child care, and infant/toddler education issues. Questions to be answered are who is responsible for early education, when should early education begin, what should early childhood curriculum contain, and how will early childhood education be evaluated.