Master Course Outline Current Issues and Trends in Education Course Number: ECE 261 Credits: 3 Hours per Quarter: 20    Lab Hours:20 Description Overview of issues, trends, and policies in education. Topics include: social, political, economic, and educational issues that influence the education of children. Recommended: READ 088. Student may not earn credit for both ECE 261 and ED 261. Intended Skills and Attitude Outcomes A. Ability to list, with 80% accuracy, the historical events, people, and theories that have influenced the current Early Childhood Education practices. B. Ability to describe and compare the various Early Childhood Education program philosophies. C. Ability to express personal position on Early Childhood Education. D. Ability to identify and analyze, with 80% accuracy, the various issues that cause current dilemmas in Early Childhood Education professionals and the families they serve. E. Ability to predict trends that impact and influence the direction of Early Childhood Education and its progress in the next ten years. F. Knowledge of strategies to stay current as a professional and advocate in Early Childhood Education. G. Ability to begin to implement the information learned in promoting developmentally appropriate education for their students. H. Knowledge of the importance of early childhood educators' role in society as a productive and caring professional in the field of Early Childhood Education. Syllabi Listing Course Year Quarter Item Instructor   ECE 261 Winter 2013 1092 Terry Morgan View Syllabus ECE 261 Winter 2011 1090 Terry Morgan View Syllabus ECE 261 Winter 2009 1090 Michelle Meyer View Syllabus ECE 261 Winter 2007 1090 Michelle Meyer View Syllabus ECE 261 Spring 2006 1092 Michelle Meyer View Syllabus ECE 261 Spring 2004 1098 Michelle Meyer View Syllabus ECE 261 Winter 2004 5786 Kathy Bobula, Ph.D. View Syllabus ECE 261 Summer 2003 5786 Kathy Bobula, Ph.D. ECE 261 Spring 2003 1090 Michelle Meyer View Syllabus ECE 261 YRQ must be four characters for the custom tag. Michelle Meyer Two Year Projected Schedule Year One* Year Two** Fall Winter Spring Summer Mini  Fall Winter Spring Summer Mini   X                 *Year one is all odd years (2003-2004) **Year two is all even years (2004-2005)