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Course Number:

ECE 126

Transcript Title:

Early Childhood Development: Birth to Age 8

Created:

Aug 09, 2022

Updated:

Jul 11, 2023

Total Credits:

3

Lecture Hours:

30

Lecture / Lab Hours:

0

Lab Hours:

0

Satisfies Cultural Literacy requirement:

No

Satisfies General Education requirement:

No

Grading Options

A-F, P/NP, Audit

Default Grading Options

A-F

Repeats available for credit:

0

Suggested Outcome Assessment Strategies

Assessments may include written observations, journal reflections, self-assessments, interviews, projects, research papers, quizzes, tests, and portfolio artifacts.

Course Activities and Design

The determination of teaching strategies used in the delivery of outcomes is generally left to the discretion of the instructor. Here are some strategies that you might consider when designing your course: lecture, small group/forum discussion, flipped classroom, dyads, oral presentation, role play, simulation scenarios, group projects, service learning projects, hands-on lab, peer review/workshops, cooperative learning (jigsaw, fishbowl), inquiry based instruction, differentiated instruction (learning centers), graphic organizers, etc.

Course Content

Outcome #1: Describe the developmental period of early childhood from birth through age 8 across physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and linguistic domains.

1. Stages of brain development
2. Developmental domains:
   • Perceptual, motor, and physical development
   • Language and literacy development
   • Social-emotional development
   • Cognitive development
3. Developmental milestones
4. Early Learning Guidelines
   • Oregon’s Early Learning Guidelines
   • Washington State Early Learning and Development Guidelines
   • Head Start Early Learning Framework

Outcome #2: Explain how children learn and develop within relationships and within multiple contexts, including families, cultures, languages, communities, and society.

1. Identity
2. The roles of biology and environment
3. Diversity of families and patterns of child-rearing
4. Linguistic and cultural influences
5. Effects of poverty and trauma on child development
6. Neighborhood and community conditions
7. Societal influences and structural inequities

Outcome #3: List the basic premises of various child development theorists.

1. Theories of development and learning
   • Psychoanalytic Theory
   • Behaviorism
   • Cognitive Theory
   • Sociocultural Theory
   • Ecological Theory
   • Multiple Intelligences Theory
   • Maturation Theory
   • Humanistic Theory

Outcome #4: Identify elements of learning environments and instructional practices that are healthy, respectful, culturally and linguistically responsive, developmentally appropriate, supportive and challenging for each child.

1. Supporting development through play
2. Building supportive relationships with children
3. Promoting healthy lifestyles
4. Developmentally appropriate practices and learning environments
5. Culturally and linguistically responsive practices and learning environments
   • Strategies for supporting dual language learners
6. Anti-bias and inclusive practices
7. Family and community engagement practices
8. Trauma-informed practices
   • Strategies for building resilience in young children

Suggested Texts and Materials

Textbooks

• Copple, C. & Bredekamp, S. (2008). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs: Serving children from birth through age 8 (3rd ed.). NAEYC.
• Gordon, A.M., & Browne, K.W. (2016). Beginning essentials in early childhood education (3rd ed.). Cengage Learning.

Materials

• Best Start Resource Centre (n.d.). Building resilience in young children.  PDF
• Im, J., Parlakian, R., and Sanchez, S. (2007). Understanding the influence of culture on caregiving practices: From the inside out. Young Children, 62(5), 1-3.

• NAEYC. (2015, May). Creating trauma-sensitive classrooms.  PDF
• TED. (2013, May). Rita Pierson at TED Talks Education: Every kid needs a champion [Video]. 
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start (n.d.). Getting started with the ELOF.  PDF
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start. (n.d.). Hearing language is learning.  PDF
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start. (n.d.). In Interactive Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages birth to five.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start, National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness. (n.d.). Strategies for supporting all dual language learners.  PDF
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start, National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness. (n.d.). The big 5: The big picture: Background knowledge.  PDF
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start, National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (n.d.). Building partnerships: Guide to developing relationships with families.  PDF
• Zero to Three. (2016, February 9). Supporting early brain development. 

Department Notes

NAEYC Professional Standards & Competencies for Early Childhood Educators:

#1 – Child Development and Learning in Context

Oregon Registry Core Knowledge Categories:

HGD - Human Growth & Development (30 hours)