AGS 720 - Developmental Perspectives on Students and Curriculum

3 Credit(s) With a focus on creating environments that meet the needs of diverse groups of children, the student will study research and current educational practices including how children plan and work, and how curriculum and classrooms are organized and designed. Topics to be covered are: developmentally appropriate expectations, stages of child development, room design and organization, curriculum content and format, classroom management, and purpose and implementation of assessment techniques.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Salem State College/Northeast Consortium CAGS Program.