BS-Early Childhood PreK-4
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Program Description
Mission of the Early Childhood Program: Gannon University’s Early Childhood PreK-4 program prepares skilled professionals who improve the educational experiences of young children by designing and delivering developmentally appropriate, child-centered curricula, instruction, and assessment.
Gannon’s Early Childhood Education curriculum provides a solid foundation in development and learning theory as well as instruction in content areas including language and literacy, mathematics, physical activity, creative arts, social studies, and science.
Gannon’s unique developmental field experiences provide a practical hands-on application of knowledge with a diverse population of young children across all socioeconomic and cultural levels.
When combined with the Special Education PreK-12 curriculum, teacher candidates in the Early Childhood program will have additional opportunities for employment.
Field Experiences:
Six-15 hours (*): EDCR 106; ECED 209; SPED 245; SPED 306; SPED 343; EDCR 420
30 hours (++): SPED 320
60 hours (+): EDCR 105
Three-week field experience (90 hours) (**): ECED 200; ECED 202; ECED 300