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ECE 271 - Early Childhood Field 1

2 Credits

This 80-hour field experience accompanies the course Observation & Assessment. Students contribute to the daily life of an early childhood classroom while working alongside mentor teachers. To learn about and support children in a group setting, students participate in observation and documentation based on the Prospect Descriptive Processes. Students practice techniques of authentic assessment to support children’s development and learning.

Notes: This course is associated/linked with the lecture course ECE 270  

Prerequisites: ENG 101-Ready and READ 105-Ready
Corequisite: ECE 270 - Observation and Assessment  
Pre or Corequisites: ECE 170 - Early Childhood Development  and ECE 171 - Foundations of Early Childhood .