MEDU 206 Observation & Assessment of Infants and Toddlers
Observation and Assessment provides an introduction to a framework for the use of structured observations and assessments with infants and toddlers in early education settings. This framework emphasizes the processes of observation to enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills to observe physical, cognitive, language, and social interactions and behaviors and to record the observations in an accurate and meaningful way. Assessment will be presented within the context of the Teaching Strategies: GOLD Assessment. The curriculum includes structured video clips of observation and assessments to enable students to carry out many observations and some assessment independently. The students will demonstrate knowledge and utilization of observation, screening, assessment, evaluation and data collection skills to analyze an early childhood classroom that serves children of diverse abilities, languages, and cultures.
Prerequisite
Open to Metropolitan School of Professional Studies undergraduates only