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When children are exposed to wellplanned block play and wood working experiences they create, they build, they construct, and they stay engaged. Bringing block play and wood working to your program will help you facilitate children's development across domains in an engaging context. This course explores the many benefits of block play and wood working experiences for young children.
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Strong relationships are vital to healthy development for infants and toddlers. The role of infant and toddler caregivers is to facilitate, support, and sustain individualized relationships with the families and children in their programs. This course will explore ways in which caregivers can facilitate and sustain these extremely important relationships.
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Interest-based planning is a key aspect of quality curriculum development in early childhood. Identifying infant interests requires perceptive and responsive adult attention and creative effort. This course will explore the ways in which infants communicate their interests to adults, methods of assessing infant interests, and interest-based curriculum development in infant-care programs.
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Studies Issues in early education and family studies (affordability, funding, quality, compensation, accessibility, and so forth) provoke impassioned responses and a desire to effect change. This course explores the role of advocacy in the field of early education and family studies. In contributing to real-life (self-selected) advocacy efforts students will learn effective advocacy techniques, plan an advocacy project, and review lobbying and legislative processes.
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Managing Stress in Early Education This course examines common sources of stress and burnout in early education and family studies. Strategies for surviving, thriving, and caring for the self are explored.
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Studies Early Education and Family Studies is a broad field encompassing many forms of services for children and families. This course is designed for students who are considering a career in the field. In conjunction with service learning placements in the Portland area, students will explore the boundaries of the field, career options and requirements, and opportunities for life-long learning and advancement.
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Outdoor spaces are an integral part of quality early childhood environments. Outdoor experiences foster children's exploration and positive self-esteem as well as large and small motor development. This course will examine outdoor environments for children of all ages and abilities. Students will plan, implement, and evaluate outdoor environments and activities.
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3.00 Credits
History, current programs and practices, and future issues of early childhood education. Includes professionalism, historic and current issues, types of programs for young children, parent interaction, job opportunities, ethical/legal issues and community resources. Develops a professional philosophy. Prerequisite: WR 115
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Examines techniques for observing and recording behavior and keeping records as used in the care and education of infants through five-year-olds. Focuses on observation and guidance techniques for groups of children in addressing challenging behaviors and issues in early childhood environments. Covers the caregiver's role in using observation to promote development, including self-development. Prerequisites: WR 115 and ECE 121.
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Develops awareness of cultural and ethnic issues as they relate to the early childhood classroom teacher. Focuses on ethnocentrism, racism and discrimination. Includes techniques for developing multicultural, anti-bias curriculum. Prerequisite: ECE 124.
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