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Master’s in Early Childhood Education

Master’s in Early Childhood Education

The Major in Early Childhood Education seeks to establish itself as a re-education center that cultivates early childhood education professionals suited to the rapidly changing modern society and future educational visions. The program aims to create conditions that enable continuous communication and collaboration among the local community, the university, and early childhood education institutions. It strives to enhance the qualifications and professional competencies of early childhood educators within the community, explore new theories of early childhood education based on reflective thinking, and nurture outstanding professionals who can lead change and innovation in the field of early childhood education.

Curriculum

Core Courses
Division Course Credits
University Required Courses Introduction to Research Methodology ▼
Course Description
This course is designed to set up a specific research field in the area of early childhood education that student will study for the thesis paper. The focus of this course is, also, to assist students in developing creativity and analyzing real cases of early childhood education research. It cultivates the ability to combine the theoretical knowledge and practical application.
3
Statistics and Decision Making ▼
Course Description
In this course, students will learn the language of uncertainty and the statistical methods for making inferences and decisions on the basis of limited information and data. The course will build on concepts covered in the first part and move to prediction and inferential statistics. In particular, you will learn about hypothesis testing, testing for independent and paired samples, simple linear regression, and multiple linear regression enabling you to make informed predictions.
3
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Application of Software ▼
Course Description
In the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution represented by IoT, AI and big data, innovation across all businesses such as manufacturing, finance, healthcare, education, culture, and agriculture, and develop software design and application capabilities as basic tools to improve individual quality of life.
3
Department Required Courses Curriculum for Early Childhood Education ▼
Course Description
The curriculum theory and perspectives are analyzed for development of developmental and socio-cultural early childhood curriculum, and related issues, recent research trends, and early childhood curriculum models are studied and reviewed.
3
Study on Developmental Theories of Young Children ▼
Course Description
We broaden our understanding and knowledge of key theories related to infant development, and explore recent research trends and practical applications of development theory to examine the perspective of infants in a variety of ways.
3
Literature Review on Early Childhood Education ▼
Course Description
This course aims to guide students to conduct systematic literature reviews using academic search engines. By reviewing recent research articles pertaining to contemporary issues in early childhood education, students can identify gaps in the available literature and hence to develop research questions for their research projects.
3
Elective Courses Current Issues and Trends in Early Childhood Education ▼
Course Description
This course explores new research trends and issues related to early childhood education policies, research, implementation and operation of curriculum, and the development of teacher expertise.
3
Comparative Study of Early Childhood Education ▼
Course Description
This course compares and studies the development of early childhood education institutions, early childhood education policies, and the current status of early childhood education institutions through cultural backgrounds where early childhood education is established in each region of the world. Explore new research trends and issues related to sexual development.
3
Study on Philosophy of Early Childhood Education ▼
Course Description
This course explores the philosophical foundations of early childhood education and critically evaluates educational values based on socio-cultural backgrounds and their impact on human development.
3
Study on Math and Science Education for Young Children ▼
Course Description
Based on cognitive development theory, we explore views on early childhood math education and teaching methods, and study the direction of future-oriented early childhood math education by looking at the past and present of early childhood math education.
3
Research on Young Children’s Play ▼
Course Description
By analyzing major studies related to infant play, we identify recent trends in infant play research and conduct various studies focusing on the problems raised through it.
3
Early Children’s Teacher Evaluation and Supervision ▼
Course Description
Specific methods for scholarship of teachers shall be applied according to the results of discussions on how to prescribe and evaluate the expertise of infant teachers.
3
Study on Parent and Family Support Programs ▼
Course Description
Research and theory of parents and family support are explored and programs are developed to support parents and families with various characteristics.
3
Study on Creative Arts for Young Children ▼
Course Description
This course examines the theories and recent trends of early childhood music, formulation, and motion education and seeks applicability to the field.
3
Qualitative Research Methods in Early Childhood Education ▼
Course Description
By reading the literature on qualitative research methods and research using qualitative research methods, and conducting small research directly, I cultivate qualifications, abilities, and attitudes as a qualitative researcher.
3
Special Topics in Child Welfare ▼
Course Description
By learning theories and practical methods related to child welfare, the knowledge of child welfare is increased. Students learn the concepts and values of child welfare, history, policies and systems, targets and related services, and practice methods and techniques. In addition, by examining child welfare-related areas on a case-by-case basis, it analyzes and studies support measures through mobilized resources and adjustments to solve children's needs and problems.
3
Educational Psychology ▼
Course Description
This course surveys the theories and principles of development and learning, memory, motivation, individual differences, instruction, classroom management, and measurement and evaluation. In addition, research findings relevant to education with respect to growth and development, learning, and intelligence, and the school and society as a social system and their implications to educational practice will also be examined.
3

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