幼儿教育与发展文凭

您可以改变儿童，家庭和社区的生活。这项为期16个月（全日制）的幼儿教育和发展（ECED）文凭课程（以前称为早期学习和幼儿文凭）为您提供了在各种环境中提供优质幼儿的能力，并计划了紧急游戏的体验给您照顾的孩子 您将获得有关儿童发育，家庭动态，游戏和计划规划的知识，这些知识将使您能够通过以儿童为中心的学习体验来支持儿童的健康成长。幼儿教育与发展学习实验室将教室空间与交互式儿童学习中心结合在一起，其中包括艺术家工作室，阅读中心，戏剧性游戏中心和感觉运动中心。当学生有机会在实验室中与孩子互动时，这种创新且引人入胜的
You can make a difference in the lives of children, families, and communities. The full-time 16-month (four terms) Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) Diploma program (formerly referred to as the Early Learning and Child Care Diploma) prepares you to provide quality child care in a wide variety of settings and plan emergent play experiences for the children in your care. You will gain knowledge in child development, family dynamics, play, and program planning that will equip you to support the healthy development of children through child-centered learning experiences. This program combines theory and practice and graduates are eligible for Level 3 Early Childhood Educator (formerly Child Development Supervisor) certification from the Alberta Government. The ECED diploma program is offered full-time or part-time with a variety of delivery options including traditional classroom and online learning. There are daytime and evening classes scheduled throughout the week. The practicum, however, must be completed physically onsite at a licensed childcare program in Alberta. Learners living in the area surrounding Calgary can take the program starting in Fall (September) through Regional campuses. Contact Regional or view our locations to contact your nearest campus. Program delivery is blended which includes a combination of online and in-person learning. A full course load is 5 courses per term - students may choose to take fewer courses each term and extend the length of their program. The ECED learning lab combines classroom space with interactive children's learning centres that include an artist studio, a reading centre, a dramatic play centre, and a sensory motor centre. This innovative and engaging environment supports the transition of theory to practice as students have an opportunity to engage with children in the lab space. <br><br>The ECED program is a proud member of the outdoor research project sponsored by the Lawson Foundation. Our ECED instructor, Linda O'Donoghue, is currently working with a team of researchers, including the project lead Dr. Beverlie Dietze from Okanagan College and faculty members from New Brunswick Community College and Saskatchewan Polytechnic College, to conduct research on outdoor pedagogy in early childhood education. Our ELCC2998 is the first outdoor practicum in the province, and learners will have the opportunity to participate in the outdoor project research alongside with their instructors. You can put your knowledge into practice in an overseas community working with community schools and agencies. In the past, learners have gone to rural Uganda, Jamaica, and Guyana.