ECH 565 - Reflective Seminar in Early Childhood Education

This seminar is taken concurrently with its respective Practicum experience (ECH 560). The seminar provides a forum for introspection through critical reflection, professional dialogue, and collaborative problem solving. The Professional Standards for Teaching, addressed in this course, emphasize regular, reflective practices to ensure that all teachers are using best practices and meeting the diverse needs of their students.

Students will create and implement an action research project to specifically improve an aspect of their teaching practice, as guided by the Seven Essential Elements for Teaching (State of MA). The course will engage students as practitioner-scholars. The action research project will demonstrate candidates knowledge of instruction specific to early childhood education, current research, evidence based practices, and one’s ability to make purposeful changes to instruction based on data.

(Cr: 3