Child Development/Early Childhood Education
MASTERS PROGRAM
Students in this program will...
Careers
Graduate Faculty
Research Opportunities
The central focus of the child development masters program is promoting child development in a variety of context including families, schools, childcare, and early intervention programs. This is a 33 or 36 credit program that can be completed in 1.5 to 2 years.
Students in this program will:
- Study child development in context
- Learn to implement, evaluate, and improve family-centered programs
- Gain experience in providing developmentally appropriate, inclusive experiences for young children
- Work with leading researchers in the field
- Learn about emergent curriculum, teacher observation/documentation, and environments that support young children as scientists, naturalist, and artists
- Take courses in applied fields of developmental psychology, special education, teacher education, and family sciences
- Develop professionally through conference presentations, networking, analyzing data, interning with agency and state policy makers, and publishing papers
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- Teacher of young children
- Program director or educational coordinator
- Coach or technical assistant
- Extension educator
- College instructor or lab school teacher
- Applied research or policy maker
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Graduate Faculty:Our program includes seven full-time graduate faculty who are active in research and teaching. We also work closely with faculty in allied fields such as special education, psychology, counseling, communication, and anthropology. Faculty members are:
Dr. Susan Churchill
Dr. Carolyn Pope Edwards
Dr. Soo-Young Hong
Dr. Helen Raikes
Dr. Michelle Rupiper
Dr. Julia Torquati
Dr. Pauline Zeece
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Research Opportunities: The College of Education and Human Sciences (CEHS) has made a strong commitment to research, teaching, and outreach focused on young children, and research on early childhood education and intervention is one of the four themes of the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools. We have many ongoing projects and laboratories in which graduate students take part, such as:
The Getting Ready Project
Rural Language and Literacy Connections
The Midwest Child Care Research Consortium
- Phase 1 (2000 to 2004) Quality Rating System in Nebraska (QRS)
- Phase 2 (2004 to present) Studying a quality rating system (QRS) for Nebraska
Early Head Start Evaluation Project
The Role of Tribal Child Care Programs in Serving Children Birth to Five
Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory
Parent Child Conversations
Teacher Attachment Study
QUINCE
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