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Learning Resources

This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of the assigned resources for this week. To view this week's media resources, please use the streaming media player below.

Required Resources

• Course Text: Marion, M. (2015). Guidance of young children (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
  • Chapter 3, "Understanding Child Development" (pp. 71-84)
  • Chapter 4, "Supportive Physical Environments: Indirect Guidance" (pp. 79-110)
  • Chapter 10,"Aggression and Bullying in Young Children" (pp. 266-288)

Media

• Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (n.d.). Developing a positive classroom climate [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
  
  Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 24 minutes.
  
  Week 3, creating positive environments and the ways adults and environments can promote healthy social-emotional development and positive behavior for preschool-age children.
   

Optional Resources

• Article: "Improving Preschool Classroom Processes: Preliminary Findings from a Randomized Trial Implemented in Head Start Settings"
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2274905/
  
  
• Paper Excerpt: "Child Care Social Climate"
  http://fpg.unc.edu/sites/default/files/resources/reports-and-policy-briefs/NCEDL_Spotlights14_1999.pdf
  
  Note: To open this document you will need the free Adobe® Reader® software.
  
  
• Article: "What are Prosocial Skills?" by Kelly Pfeiffer
  http://suite101.com/article/what-are-prosocial-skills-a133626

Article: "Fostering Prosocial Behavior in Young Children" by Kathy Preusse
http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=566

Application: Understanding Positive Classroom Climates

For your Application Assignment this week, you have a choice of observing preschool-age children in an early childhood setting or interviewing a preschool teacher in person or by telephone. Your purpose is to increase your understanding of the influence of classroom climate and teacher's guidance of children in fostering prosocial skills.

It is preferable that you work with a preschool that has been accredited by NAEYC. To locate NAEYC-accredited programs in your area, click on the link below:

To complete this Application Assignment:

• Click on the links below to review both assignments:
• • Observing in a Preschool Setting
  • Interviewing a Preschool Teacher
    
    

• Choose the assignment that interests you most or that your schedule permitsyou to complete this week. Remember, your interview can be in person or on the telephone.

To complete your assignment, follow the steps on the assignment sheet above that you have selected