2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CS 581 - Science, Mathematics and Technology: Curriculum, Methods and Materials for Early Childhood Students with Disabilities


Designed to meet the requirements leading to initial teaching certifications, this course is designed to give teachers a basis for presenting the early childhood sciences, mathematics, and technology concepts to young children with special learning needs and their parents. Concepts derived through activities involving water play, magnets, planting, cooking, food and nutrition will be included. Language-building activities and creative arts activities will be integrated as well. Bibliographies and web resources can be among the resources researched and shared by the students. Students will note the connection between the NYS Learning Standards and the curriculum as they plan and implement projects in the fieldwork environment. Concepts related to assistive technology and the adaptation of materials to meet special needs will be presented.

This course requires 18 hours of fieldwork.

4 credits. Spring and Summer
This course requires eighteen hours of fieldwork.