Overview

Kent State University’s Early Childhood Education degree provides a comprehensive education in early childhood education studies. This program prepares students for various careers, including roles in early childhood education and related fields.

All Early Childhood Education students complete field and practicum experiences in diverse settings, including urban and inclusive programs, and accumulate approximately 1200 hours of field experience in preschool and elementary classrooms.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the program will be able to:

Co-construct curriculum as a co-worker with learners and others (parents, families, colleagues and community members) to make sound decisions for learning and teaching experiences, as opposed to being passive receivers of prescribed curriculum.

Synthesize conceptual understandings of children, theory, content, technology and sociocultural contexts into meaningful activities and opportunities for learning with all preschool-to-grade five students.

Engage in the habit of self-assessment in order to continually uncover unknown possibilities in children’s learning, classroom practice, educational theory and one’s own teaching identity in the local and global context.

Become committed to the children and their learning, the families and the local community while having an awareness of the global context; engage in continuous self-improvement and lifelong learning.

Apply skills, knowledge and dispositions to challenge “questionable” policies that limit opportunities for all children.

Utilize research and theory to develop varied and effective pedagogies and assessments that will positively impact all students’ learning (learning and teaching is a transdisciplinary practice).

Advocate as ethical leaders and moral agents striving for social justice.

Acknowledges and practices multiple, multi-ethnic, multicultural, multiracial, multi- social and -economic and multilingual perspectives in a global society.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Education In A Democratic Society

Early Childhood Services

Understanding Young Children's Development

Social Studies And The Arts In Preschool

Preschool Teaching And Learning

Family-school-community Partnerships In Diverse Settings

Clinical Experience In Preschool

Teaching Early Readers

Mathematics And Science In The Early Years

Culturally And Linguistically Sustaining Pedagogy

Clinical Experience Primary

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00 , International

More details

National: Application and all required materials must be submitted seven days before the start of the semester.

Language

English

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Credits

123 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Kent, United States
Kent, United States
New Philadelphia, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.7

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A copy of your Passport Biographical Page.

English Language Proficiency scores

Secondary School Graduation Certificate/Diploma/Attending Certificate (Certified English translation and original language).

Secondary School Transcripts/detailed mark sheets (Certified English translation and original language).

Financial guarantee (bank statements) that show sufficient funds to cover educational and living expenses.

Kent State Affidavit of Financial Support is required when you are funded by a sponsor(s). For example: parent, sibling, relative, friend, government, organization or institute/school.

Financial documents are only required after acceptance.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Applies to you

Non-residents

23690 USD / year

≈ 23690 USD / year
Out-of-State

23690 USD / year

≈ 23690 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

13466 USD / year

≈ 13466 USD / year

Living costs

Kent

United States

1036 - 1710 USD / month

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