ECE 364 Survey of Theories
This course provides a survey of learning theories and processes. Special emphasis will be placed on cognitive theory as related to learning and performance. Basic theories and beliefs will be linked to programs they have helped form. Special emphasis will be placed on current emerging theories of early childhood development.
This course is taught wholly online.
NEW: 364 Syllabus .pdf / 364 Syllabus .rtf / 364 Schedule .rtf / 364 Requirements .rtf
Required Texts:
Morrison, G. S. (2009). Early Childhood Education Today (11th ed.) Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill Prentice Hall. http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_morrison_earlychild_10.
National Association for the Education of Young Children. (2009). Developmentally Appropriate Practice (3rd edition). Washington, DC: NAEYC. Available online: http://www.naeyc.org/positionstatements/dap or NAEYC. (2009) DAP .pdf.
Enroll in Exchange Everyday, a daily electronic newsletter all about early childhood education. ExchangeEveryDay is the official electronic newsletter for ChildCareExchange.com. It will be delivered to you five days a week bringing news stories, success stories, solutions, trend reports, and much more. To subscribe to ExchangeEveryday, a free daily e-newsletter, go to www.ccie.com/eed.
Poems, Songs, Nursery Rhymes The Spirit of Adult Play .ppt
Getting started
Our course is wholly online through eCollege. There are different routes into eCollege; most people go through their myLeo home page. Here is my favorite shortcut straight into eCollege: http://online.tamuc.org/. Please take time to set up your computer system by running this browser test: http://online.tamuc.org/index.learn?action=technical. In general, I prefer using the Mozilla Firefox browser, current version 3.5.2. For most eCollege applications though, it seems to prefer Internet Explorer 7.
Become familiar with our course textbook publisher’s website: http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_morrison_earlychild_10/. Many, many resources are built within that website, including quizzes which we will utilize frequently. You may want to set up your own profile in chapter 1, using my name: Josh Thompson, and email: Josh_Thompson@tamu-commerce.edu, as Instructor. Send as plain text.
Specifically for our Survey of Early Childhood programs course, I require you to enroll in http://www.learner.org for excellent videos of classrooms. Specific assignments will come along later. Also, you must enroll in Childcare Exchange Everyday: http://ccie.com/eed. ExchangeEveryDay is the official electronic newsletter for ChildCareExchange.com. It will be delivered to you five days a week bringing to you news stories, success stories, solutions, trend reports, and much more. And, knowing how busy your every day is, each report will be short and to the point.
Observation of Children & Programs
Early Field Experience [note: you do not need to register at this site. It is provided here as a reference to best practice: http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/teacher/efe/efemain.asp
Observation Letter to Schools .doc
MicroEthnography Observation .htm
Ethics of ECE
http://www.naeyc.org/positionstatements/ethical_conduct
Ethics in Early Childhood Education .ppt
Glossary of Terms Related to Ethics .doc
Use the ethical dilemmas in each chapter to practice and review.
Also, look in the publisher's webpage: http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_morrison_earlychild_10
History & Theory of ECE
From Morrison chap 4 & 5, some breeze presentations by Stephen Garretson
http://breeze.tamu-commerce.edu/p33197078
http://breeze.tamu-commerce.edu/theory
Videos of classrooms & teachers coping with change and growth as professionals:
Minds of Their Own http://www.learner.org/resources/series26.html# VoD #3 Under Construction
Looking at Learning http://www.learner.org/resources/series106.html# VoD #1 Many faces of learning
Montessori
Contact
Phone: 903-468-8627
Fax: 903-468-5997
Email: Josh_Thompson@TAMU-Commerce.edu
Office: Ed South 221
Department of Curriculum &
Instruction
Texas A&M University-Commerce
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
