JThompson                     ECE 561 Foundations in Early Childhood Education 

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Lit Circle Roundup - so what are you learning? How did you learn that? How can you best share it with the class?

Studies in Moral Development http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/index.html   “Let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage” http://www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/2007/02/   http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Classrooms-Children-Constructivist-Atmosphere/dp/0807733415/ref=sr_1_1/103-2160508-0600603?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175814818&sr=8-1

Exam II .rtf is due on Thur, 4/5.    Here to the finish:  3/29 Broadus Emotional Development Self and Social Development Chap. 10 & 11 Child Observation Study 4/5 Shirley Moral Development 6.30 Lit Circle Chap. 12 Exam II due 4/12 Kymes Development of Sex Differences and Gender Roles Chap. 13   4/19 Turner Peers, Media, and Schooling Chap. 15   4/26 Jones Ages and Stages, Exam III Review  6:00 p.m. Lit Circle   Ages & Stages paper 5/3 jt Child Development Lab   Exam III 5/10 All  Child Observation Study   Child Observation Study project

http://www.mkpress.com/FlatOverview.html Observation Rubric How are your child study observations going? Remember that they are due on Thursday, 3/29, along with your typed reflection. I have put the Child Study Observation rubric online here and in eCollege, doc sharing. Let me know how I can help. Your age & stage study is due in April. Read your Lit Circle texts, and discuss.

Resource Links Language pps What Teachers Need to Know about Language .pps www.TexasReading.org - look for the Teacher Reading Academy We started on Language this week - we'll continue next week, and discuss chap 8 - Intelligence Try out the discussion groups on eCollege.

Get to work on your Book Studies: Carlson (2006) Essential Touch Kymes, Turner. Shirley, Grance Lillard (2005) Montessori:  The Science Behind the Genius Franco, Cole, Simpson Goleman (1995) Emotional Intelligence Broadus, Barron, Jones Diffily, Deborah (2003) Teachers and Families Working Together Schwartz, Oji, Nichol, Padgett, Villareal

A new discussion topic has opened up in our eCollege Student Lounge: We are assigned to go into the field, where real children are, and observe. In lieu of visiting the fetus unborn, we can interview her parent(s). What are some questions, perspectives, and approaches to this project for each of you? For Thur, Feb 8, pray for Josh in San Antonio at http://www.sera-edresearch.org/conference/. Our guest will be Mrs. Angie Hammond. Read chapters 3 & 4 in Berk (2006) on Pre-natal Development, Labor & Delivery, and Infancy. For our exam, I will prepare 20-30 definitions to demonstrate your mastery of information from chapters 1-5 & 14. You must prepare a short answer question from chapters 1-5 & 14 (you choose)  that would challenge your neighbor. Type your question out (bring at least 2 copies). I will randomly assign you to a partner to share questions with.

For Feb 1, create a Genogram of our your own family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genogram http://faculty-web.at.northwestern.edu/commstud/galvin/Genograms/Welcome.htm#welcome http://webpages.charter.net/jacobshouse/resources/genogram+eco-map.htm

Presentations/WritersALL.pps ComerDevelopmentChildcareExchange.rtf ComerDvlpmnt.rtf Development. ppt Observation Interpreting Observations

This course is designed to examine the relationships among development, experiences and practices in early childhood education. Emphasis is placed upon the investigation of theoretical influences on early childhood education – Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2, and 3.