In this course, learners will study theories and histories of Special Education and the disability rights. The learners will develop the abilities to organize an early childhood context that supports caring and learning of all children. The learners will develop the awareness of importance of being responsive early childhood educators who build their pedagogical concerns and think critically while exploring the course materials. Engaging with diverse perspectives on inclusive education will help student to navigate their pedagogical concerns and weave them into their curriculum making as well as creating inclusive and responsive environment for children with diverse needs. This course will help students to plan, implementing, and evaluate the inclusive childcare context.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Indigenous art traditions are an excellent way for young children to develop perception and thinking skills as well as creative self-expression. This course empowers students to understand the children’s art as hundred languages and art as a mode of inquiry. The student will also explore a relational materialist perspective to think away from the human centric notions of understanding the world. This process will support student to weave their pedagogical concerns into the early childhood curriculum including indoor and outdoor activities. The students will learn how to pay attention to children’s meaning making process while engaging art making as well as navigating their pedagogy while thinking with Indigenous artists/ artistic inquiry.
