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  • Course Text: Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support
    • Chapter 5, "Ecology of Nonparental Child Care" (pp. 156–170, read up to "Nonparent Child Care and Socialization"; pp. 177–181, read from "Socialization Practices as They Relate to Nonparental Child-Care Ideologies")
    • Chapter 6, "Ecology of the School" (pp. 186–187; pp. 190–195, read from "Diversity and Equity" to "Chronosystem Influences on Schools"; pp. 203–211, read from "Mesosystem Influences on Schools")
    • Chapter 7, "Ecology of Teaching" (pp. 216–234, read up to "Macrosystem Influences on Teaching"; pp. 243–246)
    • Review Chapter 4 (pp. 144–149)

 

 

 

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Content Review



Directions:
  • Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between 2–3 paragraphs in length.
  • Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.
  • Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your Instructor can see which question you are responding to.
  1. High-quality early childhood care and education is related to many positive outcomes for children. Review pages 156–160 in the course text. Identify three ways in which organizations such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and/or the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) work to positively impact quality child care and education. Describe one way that individual early childhood professionals can also work to positively impact the lives of young children and their families.



  2. Schools have a definite role the socialization process. Explain the difference between the concepts of cultural assimilation and cultural pluralism. Why is the concept of bilingual/multicultural educationan example of cultural pluralism?



  3. Identify and explain key responsibilities of early childhood classroom teachers with regard to children who have disabilities, the IEP process, and their work in inclusive settings. Explain the role of the early childhood classroom teacher in each of these areas, identifying and explaining examples of the key responsibilities of early childhood educators.

 

 

 

 

 

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Learning Resources

 

Required Resources

 

  • Course Text: Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support
    • Chapter 11, "Emotional and Cognitive Socialization Outcomes" (pp. 376–3 96)
    • Chapter 12, "Social and Behavioral Socialization Outcomes" (pp. 400–411, read up to "What theories explain the development of altruistic behavior?"; pp. 416–434, read from "Morals" to "Mass Media"; pp. 427, read from "Gender Roles" to "What are the major theories of gender-role development?"; pp. 430–436, read from "Influences on Gender-Role Development")
    • Review Chapter 3 (pp. 81–86, review from "Divorce and the Law" to "Kin Custody")
  • Article: Katz, L. (1995). How can we strengthen children's self-esteem? Retrieved fromhttp://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/strengthen_children_self.html

 

Resources for Action Plan 4

 

 

Optional Resources

 

Content Review



 

Directions:
  • Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between 2–3 paragraphs in length.
  • Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.
  • Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your Instructor can see which question you are responding to.

 

  1. Children develop attitudes through interactions with and feedback from the people in their environments. Ultimately, these attitudes impact the development of values. Review the various influences on attitude development explained on pages 377–380 of your course text. Choose four of these influences and discuss how each might contribute to the development of prejudice.



  2. Review the section on self-regulation on pages 400–401 in your text. Consider the factors that influence a young child's ability to self-regulate. Why is self-regulation important to children's success in school and in life? What changes in today's world might support or diminish fostering this vital ability in children? Explain your point of view.



  3. Peers, school, media, and community are some of the influences on children's conception of gender roles. Pages 430–436 in your text explain the depth and breadth of these influences. Choose two influences that are of most interest to you, and explain how each influence can lead to stereotyped behavior, or "sex typing." For each influence, identify ways that you as a professional can advocate for more gender-neutral behavior or against sex typing.

 

 

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Resources for Action Plan 5



Note:
 You may decide to develop your Action Plan for a different issue other than child care or poverty, in which case you will need to find resources about your topic of concern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optional Resources

 

 

 

 

 

Directions:
  • Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between 2–3 paragraphs in length.
  • Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.
  • Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your Instructor can see which question you are responding to.

 

  1. After reviewing pages 334–343 in your course text, summarize how children's socializing experiences relate to the physical, economic, social, and personal conditions of the community in which they live.



  2. Communities can offer families vital prevention, support, and rehabilitation services. Review pages 346–352 in your text. Choose one example from each of these areas and explain why each is integral to healthy child and family development.



  3. It can be said that caring communities "improve the opportunities for every young person, regardless of circumstances, to become a healthy, secure, educated, economically self-sufficient, and productive adult" (Berns, 2013, p. 352). From your perspective as a future early childhood professional, identify and explain three ways that a caring community can meet the needs of young children and their families, including those with the greatest needs 

 

 

 

 

 

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