ECE 3330 - Creativity and Expressive Arts for the Young Child

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ECE 2950

Description: Students will learn how creativity is defined, its importance, and how creative thinking in children (birth to age 8) can be promoted in a developmentally effective early childhood environment. Theories of artistic development in the visual arts, creative movement and dance, dramatic arts, and music will be studied. Students will learn pedagogy related to fostering cross-cultural understanding and respect, and integration of the expressive arts across the early childhood curriculum.