Course
Introduction to ECE
Faculty
Applied Community Studies
Department
Early Childhood Education
Course code
ECED 1155
Credits
1.50
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
30
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Online
Typically offered
To be determined
Overview
Course description
This course introduces students to the professional context of early childhood education including language and terminology, legal guidelines, educator responsibilities and the varied role of educators in educational environments for young children.
Course content
- Students will investigate various early learning curricular approaches to deliberate their future role in working with young children.
- Students will begin the process of recognizing and applying professional terminology and language specific to early childhood education.
- In the role of Early Childhood Educator, collaboration with colleagues is imperative, this course verifies the integral role of teams in ECE environments.
- Students will gain an understanding of the meaning and value of diversity in ECE environments.
- Early childhood education has a rich tradition of parent involvement. Students will be introduced to working with parents within a collaborative framework.
Learning activities
Lecture
Class Discussion
Audio-visual Aids
Centre Visits
On-line
Means of assessment
The course evaluation is consistent with Douglas College evaluation policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course.
Test/s
Research Report
Centre Visits
Learning outcomes
- Students will gain knowledge regarding their role in working with young children in early learning and care environments.
- Students will be introduced to the governance and licensure responsibilities in early childhood education.
- Students will become familiar and knowledgeable regarding language specific to early childhood education.
- Students will become familiar with the college environment and the resources within.
Textbook materials
To be announced
Requisites
Prerequisites
No prerequisite courses.
Corequisites
No corequisite courses.
Equivalencies
No equivalent courses.
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
| Institution | Transfer details for ECED 1155 |
|---|---|
| Coast Mountain College (CMTN) | No credit |
| College of New Caledonia (CNC) | No credit |
| College of the Rockies (COTR) | No credit |
| Emily Carr University of Art & Design (EC) | No credit |
| Northern Lights College (NLC) | No credit |
| Okanagan College (OC) | No credit |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | No credit |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | No credit |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV ECE 101 (1.5) |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU ECEC 1st (1) |
| Yorkville University (YVU) | No credit |