• EDCI 2526: FACILITATING ONLINE LEARNING

  1.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course introduces online instructors to best practices within online education; it allows the instructor to experience the challenges of being an online learner; and it focuses on up-to-date research regarding online instructor pedagogy. This course also introduces the user to the Blackboard platform and how the tools within Blackboard can be used to teach an online course.
  ShareEDCI 2526 - FACILITATING ONLINE LEARNING

• EDEC 1020: INTRO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUC

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course introduces the student to the field of early childhood education through lecture, discussion, and participation. Topics to be explored include components of quality program, child development theory, curriculum development, learning environments, classroom management, parent & teacher relationships, importance of play and teaching as a profession.
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• EDEC 1025: EARLY CHILDHOOD PRACTICUM

  1.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This practicum provides the student with an opportunity to tie concepts of teaching students from birth to age eight to actual field experience in early childhood settings. A minimum of thirty hours of classroom time will be spent in settings which differ from any previous practicums.
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• EDEC 1100: OBSERVATION & GUIDANCE OF YOUNG CHILD

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  Students in this course learn to identify children's behavior to determine whether it is normal, developmentally appropriate or problematic. Cooperative discipline is explored in the wider context of classroom management, working with staff and parents. Behaviors are examined to better understand why children behave the way they do and to correct behaviors with a guidance and discipline strategy that is positive, respectful of both child and adult, and developmentally appropriate. Participants also learn to practice prevention of certain behaviors and guide children through the use of positive discipline. Using observational techniques, the class identifies developmentally appropriate characteristics and activities.
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• EDEC 1300: CURRICULUM PLAN & DEVELOP YOUNG CHILD

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course will focus on the development of skills in planning, implementing and evaluating developmentally appropriate experiences to encourage intellectual, physical, social, emotional, and creative growth in young children. The focus will be on the concept of optimum development of the whole child.
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• EDEC 2470: INTERNSHIP: EARLY CHLD

  1.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  No course description available.
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• EDEL 1410: MATH FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS I

  1.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course covers selection of basic mathematics concepts, materials and curricula appropriate for elementary schools. This course parallels the content of MATH 1100 and should be taken during the same semester. Experiences in assigned mentor teacher classrooms are required.
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• EDEL 1420: ELEM SCHOOL MATH SEMINAR II

  1.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This seminar is taken in conjunction with Math for Elementary School Teachers I & II to assist elementary education majors in making connections between the theory of the topics studied and methods of teaching math in the elementary classroom. Materials and activities appropriate for elementary school students' conceptual level of development will be introduced and related to the concepts of the math course. Positive attitudes toward teaching children about math in phenomena and its relevance to the learner's life will be promoted.
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• EDEL 1430: LIFE SCIENCE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

  1.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  Intended for elementary education majors, this course is the application component of BIOL 1003 and BIOL 1010. The course covers basic life science concepts of the fundamental principles of biology, materials, and curricula appropriate for elementary school students, with an emphasis on teaching critical thinking and problem-solving application skills.
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• EDEL 2100: ENGAGING FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  The focus of this course examines the relationship between the child, the family, the community and teachers. It's designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to work successfully with families and parent groups in individual, group, school and community settings. The focus will be on strengthening adult-child relationships and parent- staff relationships in home, school, and community settings. An awareness of strategies in developing positive and supportive relationships with families of elementary school children with special needs, including the legal and philosophical basis for family participation; family-centered services; and strategies for working with socially, culturally, and linguistically diverse families will be included. The importance of family involvement in school programs and parent education will be stressed.
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