ECE 2330 - Creativity and Expressive Arts for the Young Child

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ECE 2100

Description: Students learn how creativity is defined, its importance, and how creative thinking in children (birth-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 are studied. Students learn pedagogy related to fostering cross-cultural understanding and respect, and integration of the expressive arts across the early childhood curriculum.