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Early Childhood Education

 

General Information

 

This 33 unit program consists of a core of required courses, specialization courses, and electives. The required and specialization courses provide students with advanced preparation in child growth and development, cultural and linguistic diversity, early childhood curriculum, and research methodology.

 

The program places a special emphasis on understanding development within varied social and cultural contexts, culturally responsive teaching for diverse population, family and community support, and practitioner research.

With permission of advisor, one three unit course may be taken in a Department outside the College of Education.

 

The Culminating Experience Requirement for the M.A. in Early Childhood Education is the completion of a thesis or field study.

 

Overview

 

Concentration in Early Childhood Education provides early childhood educators with advanced knowledge and training in research, theory, and practice for working with children and families in multicultural and multilingual early childhood settings.

The degree provides infant, toddler, preschool, primary grade, community college educators, and early childhood administrators with the skills and knowledge for teaching and leadership positions in the field of early childhood education.

 

Courses taken for this program can qualify for Teacher and Administrator levels of the California Child Development Matrix.

 

Application Procedures

 

Pre-requisites:

 

Submit the following to the ECE co-coordinators, Dr. Barbara Henderson and Dr. Daniel Meier :

  1. Written Statement of Purpose. Essay should be 2 -3 pages focusing on experience, goals for graduate work and goals post M.A..
  2. Two letters of recommendation that address an applicant's ability to pursue graduate level work and provide evidence of successful experience with young children.

    3.  

    NOTE: Letters of Recommendation must be on appropriate letterhead

     

  3. Copy of unofficial transcripts.

 

click here for more details on the Masters Application Process

 

Written English Proficiency Requirement

 

Level 1: Met by successfully completing the Graduate Essay Test (GET). The GET will be administered each semester, one week before instruction begins. Information about the test and testing dates are online at
http://www.sfsu.edu/~testing/get.html, or contact the Testing Center
at (415) 338-2271.

 

Level 2: Satisfied by demonstration of English competency on the final project, completed in EED 895.

 

Required Courses Total units 12

EED 707 Cognitive Development in Early Childhood Education, Socio-cultural Contexts
EED 708 First and Second Language Development in Early Childhood Education
EED 717 Narrative Inquiry & Memoir in Early Childhood Curricula
EED 801 Practitioner Inquiry for Administration of Early Childhood Curricula

 

Specialization: Choose at least 2

EED 700 Social, Emotional & Physical Development in Early Childhood Education, Socio-cultural Contexts
EED 715 Families in Early Childhood Settings and Communities
EED 878 Multicultural Educational Theory& Practice for Young Children
EED 806 Leadership, Adult Supervision, & Advocacy

 

Electives: Total units: 9

EED 704 Children's Play Development in School and Community
EED 702 Creative Experiences with Preschool Children
EED 850 Seminar in Early Childhood, Mathematics & Science Curriculum
EED 820 Seminar on Infant-Toddler Group Care Educational Programs - with consent of advisor other courses related to early childhood (e.g. SPED)

 

Culminating Experience: total units 6

ISED 797 Seminar in Educational Research
EED 895 Field Study or 898 Master's Thesis


Minimum Total Units = 33

 

For Further Information:

 

Co-Coordinators, Early Childhood Education

 

Dr. Barbara Henderson

(415) 338-1319
barbarah@sfsu.edu

 

Dr. Daniel Meier

(415) 338-3417
dmeier@sfsu.edu

 

Department of Elementary Education
San Francisco State University

1600 Holloway Avenue, BH 179
San Francisco, CA 94132-4158