ECED 2390 - Creative Development
Credit hours: 3
Course Description:
Creative development provides strategies for promoting creative development of the young child ages birth through eight. Topics include understanding the concept of creativity: what it is, why it is important, and how the development of creativity relates to art, music, movement, and drama. Field experience is required.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Outcome 1: Describe the developmental theories of creativity as they relate to the areas of physical, cognitive, social and emotional, and linguistic domains including bilingual/multilingual development.
Outcome 2: Describe the role of play in a child’s growth across the developmental sequences in the creative arts.
Outcome 3: Explain the difference between process vs. product in the arts.
Outcome 4: Discuss strategies for stimulating creativity, including questioning, problem-solving, investigations and inquiry for use throughout an integrated curriculum.
Outcome 5: Create, implement and evaluate developmentally appropriate creative materials and experiences with a perspective of diversity.
Outcome 6: Examine effective strategies for involving families and communities in supporting creative development in young children.
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