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Josh_Thompson@TAMU-Commerce.edu
903-468-8627
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Curriculum & Instruction EDCI Where Teachers Come to Learn |
Josh_Thompson@TAMU-Commerce.edu 903-468-8627 |
| ECE 561.41E Foundations in Early Childhood Education |
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. |
| Syllabus .rtf | Schedule .doc | f | Resource Links |
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Required Text: Berk, Laura E. (2006) Child Development, 7th ed. Allyn & Bacon. Text book website: http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_berk_childdevcw_7 |
Page last edited on Wednesday, January 27, 2010
| 1/15/2008 |
First Class! Tuesday, 1/15/2008, 4.30pm, in Mesquite. I'm so excited!
photo by Hillary 01/14/1998
original art - the family as it is - by Bobby, 7 or 8, 1952 or 1953
Growing families Mother's Day 2008 |
| 1/22 Host: Greg |
Spring 2008 schedules will be dropped on Tuesday, January 22 for
students who have not paid the balance due on their accounts.
Please check the status of your accounts on MyLeo. It is available
24/7 at
https://leo.tamu-commerce.edu/login.aspx. If you
need assistance to pay the balance, please see the Loan Office
(903-886-5051). Before class - read Berk (2006) chapters 1 & 2 Go to eCollege http://online.tamuc.org/ (I get better results w/ MicroSoft Internet Explorer). Post a greeting in Student Lounge. Reply to my email asking about this class. What are you excited about this class? What are you confused about? What are you working on, thinking about, trying to learn, that you would like to develop as a part of learning in this class (even in place of certain parts of our syllabus)? Rubric for Child Observation Study. doc NAEYC Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Principles of Development .ppt A Linear View of Early Learning Theories .doc “Makin’ a List, Checkin’ it Twice, Gonna Find Out Who’s . . . ppt |
| 1/29 | Read Berk chapters 5 Physical Growth & 14 Family
Check eCollege after Thursday, 1/24, for details on online
assignments. Okay, we are now up and running in two online eCollege
chapters: Physical Growth & The Family. Online aptitude - what do you know about working in an online environment, what do you need to know? |
| 2/5 Hosts: Myesha Racquel |
Bring your blue book from your first observation to class. |
| 2/12 | Read Berk, chapter 6 on Cognitive Development. Go online in eCollege for chapter 6 assignments. |
| 2/19 | Read Berk, chapter 7 on Information Processing.
http://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Book-Group Book Club at Borders ~2006? |
| 2/26 | Juanita Copley in Oak Cliff |
| 3/4 | Youth Chorus in Meyerson |
| 3/11 | Observation Domain .ppt |
| 3/25 | f2f: Emotional Development - observations and report due |
| 4/1 | online: Development of the Self |
| 4/8 | Joyful Noise: Poems for Two
Voices f2f: Moral Development http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AsSeenOnGMA/story?id=4602938&page=1 |
| 4/15 | online: Gender & Peers, Media, and School
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| 4/22 | f2f: Meet at Greenhill School - Addison, 4.30 - 7.10pm
Lit Circle: Dr. Seuss |
| 4/29 | last f2f: in Mesquite Lit Circles: Esquith & Parks |
| 5/6 | online: Exam iii |
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