ECED 6610

The Teaching and Learning Environment: Impact on Children, Families, and Teachers

This course will examine the environment and associated elements of design, arrangement, and layout, which influence young children, teachers, and their families. Current research on environments will be reviewed and applied to early childhood settings. Environmental scales, observations, facility plans, and emotional climate will be studied and used to gain advanced techniques for evaluating and enhancing environments for young children.

Units: 3.0