Contemporary Early Childhood Education Programs

This course will analyze contemporary early childhood education programs and will explore their evolution. Students will deepen their knowledge in the factors that contributed to the development of programs for early childhood as well as to their theoretical background (theories of child development and learning theories). The following indicative programs will be examined: the program of Montessori, behavioral programs (Bereiter – Engelmann – Becker, Distar), the Bank Street Developmental-Interaction approach and the High Scope program.