Early Childhood

• WED EC 206: Jumpstart: Preschool Service Learning
  This course is designed to provide background information about preschoolers' development, with a focus on literacy and social development. Successful interventions in preschool classrooms. The course also provides information about the overall context of the achievement gap and related issues. Open to Jumpstart corps members only. 2 cr. Effective Fall 2023, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area Teamwork/Collaboration.
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  • Teamwork/Collaboration
• WED EC 350: Introduction to Early Childhood Education
  Presents key topics in early childhood education so that students establish basic understandings of the field, including: historical foundations, the role of the teacher, nature of the young child and the role of play in early education. This course is designed for students who are majors in Early Childhood Education or are considering this field of study. 4 cr. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, The Individual in Community, Teamwork/Collaboration.
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  • The Individual in Community
  • Oral and/or Signed Communication
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• WED EC 506: Current Issues & Early Childhood Education
  Topics pertinent to current educational issues and practices concerning Early Childhood Education. Policy, pedagogical practices, and educational philosophies are among the topics. Course focus varies in response to opportunities such as exhibits and prominent changes in educational research. 2cr.
• WED EC 507: Role of Play in Early Child Education
  Examines theories of play and the r. Role of play in cognitive, affective, and social development of the child. Strategies for applying research on playful learning in classrooms are explored; play and creativity. Field observation and analysis. 4 cr.
• WED EC 512: Early Childhood Prek/K Fieldwork
  Undergraduate Corequisites: (SEDEC513) - Students work with preschool/ kindergarten grade children and families to integrate theories of child development and culturally responsive developmentally appropriate practice. Students assume increasing responsibility for the management of the classroom, preparation of the environment, and implementation of curriculum.
• WED EC 513: Prek/K Seminar: Integrating Theory, Practice, and Reflection
  Undergraduate Corequisites: (SEDEC512) - The integrative seminar, Prek-K, introduces students to the roles and ethical responsibilities of the early childhood educator. Students will examine the role of the teacher in creating learning environments that are responsive to all children.
• WED EC 540: Early Childhood Integrated Curriculum: Literacy, Social Studies and Arts
  Curriculum development, lesson planning and assessment utilizing integrated, inclusive, culturally sustaining, inquiry approaches to early childhood curriculum, pre-school through primary. Students critically analyze and adapt existing curriculum and plan original integrated curriculum and assessment in literacy, the arts, and social studies, using national, state, and local standards.
• WED EC 553: Early Childhood Curriculum and Practicum
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (SEDEC453) Approval Required - Required of students who seek licensure in early childhood education. Supervised student teaching in a 1- 2 classroom (for undergraduates only) including curriculum and planning implementation and evaluation of the learning. Includes twice monthly seminars. Fldwk w/ seminar. Prereq: SED EC 453. 10 cr.
• WED EC 559: Classroom-Based Assessment of Young Children, Pre k-2
  Prepares individuals working in early childhood to conduct an assessment of children within the classroom. Students will evaluate assessment tools and gain skills necessary for classroom-based assessment. 2 cr
• WED EC 560: STEM and Inquiry-Based Learning
  Planning for and assessing inquiry-based learning in classrooms prek-2nd grade, with particular emphasis on STEM. Focus on empowering children and co-constructing learning for deep engagement and sense-making. Analyze and apply standards in science, math, and technology.
• WED EC 571: Socially and Emotionally Affirming Classrooms
  Presents socially/emotionally affirming, culturally responsive classrooms for young children (prek-2nd). Explores supporting children's positive participation, building relationships with children and families, teaching social/emotional skills, developing interventions for children with a history of trauma, and behaviors that impede learning.
• WED EC 600: PS CURR/FLDWRK
  PS CURR/FLDWRK
• WED EC 605: Topics in Child Development and Education
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Wheelock Students Only - Graduate Prerequisites: Stamped approval required. - Analyzes selected aspects of development in young children from birth to middle childhood. In- depth coverage of selected aspects of development in children from birth to seven years. Includes both descriptive information (milestones) and theory (processes accounting for development). Stresses applications of these to early education. Taken concurrently with SED EC 611. Instructor permission required. 4 cr.
• WED EC 608: Primary Practicum
  Graduate Corequisites: (SEDEC609) - Supervised minimum 300 hour full semester student teaching in grade 1-2 classroom. Students apply theories of child development and culturally sustaining, developmentally appropriate practice. Increasing responsibility for curriculum, assessment, all aspects of the teacher role culminating in taking lead teacher role.
• WED EC 609: Primary Practicum Seminar
  Graduate Corequisites: (SEDEC608) - Students in primary practicum (gr 1-2) meet to acquire and share dispositions, knowledge, strategies for curriculum development, implementation and assessment, teaching practices for anti-racist/anti-bias culturally sustaining learning environments, supporting bi-and multi-lingual learners, promoting social competence, building community, & partnering with families.
• WED EC 611: Preschool Curriculum and Prepracticum
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Approval required - Graduate Prerequisites: Stamped approval required. - Includes supervised teaching of 2.9-to-5-year-olds. Emphasis on applying knowledge of development and child observation skills to planning curriculum, guiding behavior, arranging a classroom environment, and adapting teaching to special learners, including English language learners, in a play-based setting. Open only to matriculated graduate students in the licensure program. 4 cr.
• WED EC 615: Field Experience & Seminar in Early Childhood Leadership, Policy, and Advocacy 1
  FLD EXP&SEMEC 1
• WED EC 616: Field Experience & Seminar in Early Childhood Leadership, Policy, and Advocacy 2
  FLDEXP&SEMEC 2
• WED EC 630: Child Development & Families in Societal and Cultural Contexts
  This course aims to immerse students in major theories and seminal research related to child development and the role of the family. Students will learn about the child's social, emotional, physical, language, and cognitive development between birth and age 8.