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Concentration in Early Childhood Education
The Ph.D. concentration in Early Childhood Education prepares students
for careers in higher education, research, and applied settings
where this specialization is appropriate. The program allows
students to pursue an individualized course of study focused on
in-depth study of the teaching and learning process, schools and the
educational process, adult/teacher development and supervision,
educational policy and reform, educational administration,
curriculum development and design, publishing materials and
literature, education and media, science and technology education,
parent education, teaching child development at secondary or college
level, and other related areas.
The Ph.D. concentration in Early Childhood Education includes course
requirements in child development theory and research, a core course
on the educational process, and concentration electives. The
concentration electives consist of courses offered in the Department
of Child Development or in other departments that focus on any
aspect of the educational process (e.g., the teaching-learning
process, schools and society, curriculum, teacher development,
educational policy and other related topics). Internships may be
designed as applied or research experiences. Examples of applied
internships include supervised teaching in a classroom and an
internship focused on parent education in a school or other
organization; examples of research internships include an
independent study of classroom practice and an internship with an
educational research organization focused on piloting a new math
curriculum. The course requirements for the Ph.D. degree with a
concentration in Early Childhood Education are as follows:
- Theory: Three of the Following:
- CD 270 Seminar in Early and Elementary Education or
- CD 151 Advanced Intellectual Development
- CD 155 The Young Child’s Development of Language
- CD 161 Personal-Social Development
- CD 211 Contemporary Perspectives on Child Development or
- CD 285 Advanced Research Methods in Applied Developmental Science
- Research Courses:
- CD 140 Statistics
- CD 142 Problems of Research: Methods and Design
- CD 144 Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods
- Four Concentration Electives
- Five Open Electives
- Internship
- Two Qualifying Papers
- Doctoral Dissertation
Ph.D. Early Childhood Education Concentration Electives:
- CD 145/ED 182 Technological Tools for Thinking and
Learning
- CD 153 Culture and Learning
- CD 170 Seminar in Early and Elementary Education
- CD 171 Curricula for Young Children
- CD 172 Reading and Language Arts for Young Children
- CD 173 Curriculum for Young Children: Math, Science and Technology
- CD 174 Designing Educational and Therapeutic
Environments
- CD 176 Children's Literature
- CD 177 Bilingual Children in U.S. Schools
- CD 178 Creative Movement
- CD 179 Child Art
- CD 181 Child Care: Policy and Practice
- CD 183 Child Advocacy and Educational Rights
- CD 190 Children with Special Needs
- CD 281 Consultation Strategies
- CD 235 Supervision
- CD 243 Independent Study
- CD 272 Observation & Analysis of Classrooms
Courses offered by other departments, such as the
Department of Education, can be used to fulfill the
concentration elective requirements with approval from
the Program Adviser. <<
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