38-3100 Construction of Ideas in Early Childhood

Students examine network of big ideas in disciplines of science, math, humanities, and social science. This course provides a framework for understanding the concepts, habits of mind, and skills characteristic of professionals in each discipline. The goal of the course is to prepare teachers to recognize important concepts and to become effective in facilitating children’s emerging understandings and skills in various domains of thinking, as these understandings emerge in daily classroom life.
3 Credits