ECE 561.41E 21143 Foundations
Thursday 5.00-7.40 p.m. Midlothian Campus of the Navarro Partnership
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.
Required Texts:
Required Text: Berk, Laura E. (2009) Child Development, 8th
ed. Allyn & Bacon. ISBN-10: 0205615597
ISBN-13: 9780205615599
Text book website: http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_berk_childdevcw_7 Use the 7th edition website for now.
Poems, Songs, Nursery Rhymes The Spirit of Adult Play .ppt
Getting started
This class is web-enhanced 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 3.5.6. For most eCollege applications though, it seems to prefer Internet Explorer 7.
Become familiar with our course textbook publisher’s website: http://www.ablongman.com/berkcd7e. 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 Foundations of Child Development course, I require you to enroll in http://www.learner.org for excellent videos of classrooms. Specific assignments will come along later.
Resources for later
Observation of Children & Programs
MicroEthnography Observation .htm
Final Activities
Brainstorm -
learn about best practices for different age groups/grades
problems post, try to help
different kids challenge us
question the administration
teachers as qualified decision-makers, executives in charge of learning
Looping
Models - expectations and inconsistencies
Guidance - age-appropriate, repeating or responding to the ways we were raised
Scripts
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
