EDU 712 - Models of Early Education: Past & Present

3 Credit(s) Traces the theoretical and social roots of past and present models of early childhood education (e.g. Froebel, Freud, Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Waldorf, Vygotsky, and the Child Study Movement). The social and political impetus for the development of kindergarten, nursery schools, Head Start, day care and other initiatives will be discussed.