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2022-2023 EIU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 EIU Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ELE 2050 - The Whole Child: Teaching and Learning in the Educational Environment.


(3-1-3) F, S. This course is designed to introduce students to the influences that development (physical, social and emotional, cognitive, linguistic), past experience, prior knowledge, economic circumstances and issues of diversity have on the learning process. Educational beginnings, curricular trends, professional issues in teaching, characteristics of schools and other learning environments will be explored. Students will become familiar with professional dispositions and begin to practice habits of positive dispositional behavior both in and out of the classroom. Students will complete a minimum of 30 observation hours of preschool through middle school environments.

Prerequisites & Notes:
ELE 1050. For transfer students, concurrent enrollment in ELE 1050 during the semester they enroll in ELE 2050 will be permitted with department chair approval.

Credits: 3