PROGRAM DESCRIPTION & COURSE OUTLINE
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
MONTESSORI EDUCATION: NON-DEGREE OPTION

Program Description
Course Outline
Degree Requirements
Cost

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Early Childhood Department: 770-423-6121

Department Chair: Dr. Ikechukwu Ukeje -- iukeje@kennesaw.edu

Montessori Specialist: Dr. Feland L. Meadows -- fmeadows@kennesaw.edu

The Montessori Early Childhood Education 2.5-6 Year Level (Non-Degree Option), will provide candidates with instruction, modeling and mentoring experiences through which they will acquire the knowledge, skills and dispositions required to work successfully with young children. Through extensive fieldwork, candidates will become competent to expertly provide young children with developmentally appropriate activities and experiences that will make it possible for them to achieve their highest potential. The Montessori non-degree option offers students the opportunity to develop new insights into the true nature of the stages of childhood growth and development during the early years of life. Candidates will understand the research based, conceptual framework which serves as the foundation for the implementation of a proven, scientific system of education for young children. Instructors will model developmentally appropriate teaching strategies and materials presentations which research and practice have demonstrated to be especially effective in the education of young children. Candidates will practice and will acquire skills in presenting many developmentally appropriate manipulable materials that address the children’s needs for physical, sensorial and language development.

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COURSE OUTLINE

FIRST PHASE (Total 9 Semester Hours)
ECE 7700 Scientific Foundations of Early Childhood Education
* Related field work experiences: 125 Clock Hours (3 Semester Hours)
ECE 7710 Physical Development and Enhanced Control of Movement
* Related field work experiences 125 Clock Hours (3 Semester Hours)
ECE 7720 Sensorial Foundations of Intellectual Life
* Related field work experiences 125 Clock Hours (3 Semester Hours)


SECOND PHASE (Total 9 Semester Hours)
ECE 7730 Development of Language and Literacy Skills
* Related field work experiences 125 Clock Hours (3 Semester Hours)
ECE 7900 Competence in the Preparation and Presentation of Language Materials
* 3 Related field work experiences 125 Clock Hours (3 Semester Hours)
ECE 7740 Early Preparation of the Mathematical Mind
* 3 Related field work experiences 125 Clock Hours (3 Semester Hours)

PROGRAM TOTAL: 18 SEMESTER HOURS

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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Transfer Credit
Candidates enrolled in the Montessori Education Concentration (non-degree option) will not be given credit for graduate courses taken at other institutions.
Expectations for satisfactory level student performance are detailed in Academic Policies section of the Graduate Catalog.

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For more information you may contact
the Office of Graduate Studies in Education at
770-423-6043 or send us an email.
We are located in Kennesaw Hall Room 3026.