Part 1: Position Statements and Influential Practices
- NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap
- NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf
- NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf
- NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf
- NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf
- NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf
- Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller
- FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://community.fpg.unc.edu/sites/community.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/FPG_Snapshot_N33_EvidenceBasedPractice_09-2006.pdf
- Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Part 2: Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being
- Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf
- Websites:
- World Forum Foundation
http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the media segment on this webpage - World Organization for Early Childhood Education
http://www.omep-usnc.org/
Read about OMEP's mission. - Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org/
Click on "Mission/Vision" and "Guiding Principles and Beliefs" and read these statements.
- World Forum Foundation
Note: Explore the resources in Parts 3 and 4 in preparation for this week's Application assignment.
Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/ - The Division for Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org/ - Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/ - WESTED
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm - Harvard Education Letter
http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85 - FPG Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/ - Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/ - HighScope
http://www.highscope.org/ - Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/ - Center for Child Care Workforce
http://www.ccw.org/ - Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org/ - Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/ - National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/ - National Child Care Association
http://www.nccanet.org/ - National Institute for Early Education Research
http://nieer.org/ - Pre[K]Now
http://www.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067 - Voices for America's Children
http://www.voices.org/ - The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/
Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library
Tip: Use the Journal option under Search & Find on the library website to find journals by title.
- YC Young Children
- Childhood
- Journal of Child & Family Studies
- Child Study Journal
- Multicultural Education
- Early Childhood Education Journal
- Journal of Early Childhood Research
- International Journal of Early Childhood
- Early Childhood Research Quarterly
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Studies
- Maternal & Child Health Journal
- International Journal of Early Years Education
Personal Resources of value to me:
This book discusses relationships between children, families, and school.
Berns, R. M. (2010). Child, Family, School,
Community. California: Wadsworth.
Gives you demographics about children in various states within the United States
CWLA. (2008). Maryland's
Children 2008. Retrieved 2013, from
http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/bystate/Default.aspx
This article was used during one of my courses at Walden. It's a great reference for understanding poverty and its effects on children.
Fund, C. D. (2005,
August). Defining Poverty and why it matters for Children. Retrieved
August 2013, from
https://class.waldenu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/USW1/201370_05/BS_BSCD/EDUC_1006/Week%205/Application/Week%205%20Assignment/embedded/definingpoverty.pdf
A book that discusses the various theories of development, contributions and how it relates to children/education.
Keenan, T. &.
(2004). Theories of Development. In An introduction to child development
(pp. 35-43).
Poverty has peaked my curiosity ever since I did a training about poverty. It is quite sad how poverty is such a vicious cycle and very hard to overcome. When I looked at the article, Defining Poverty and Why it Matters for Children, the same comment was made both at the training and in the article about families having to chose between rent and food. Those decisions trickle down upon the children causing them stress that they shouldn't be having to deal with--- Are they going to have a safe place to lay their head at night or are they going to have anything to eat? Having chosen this article as one of your resources I would highly recommend going to a training on poverty if you ever have one available to you. It was such an eye opening experience.
ReplyDeletePoverty is always a touchy subject, bot just the ones who live it but also for the ones who see it and can not really do anything about it. Thanks for sharing this book, I truly hope many will take the time to look into it.
ReplyDeleteJazmine,
ReplyDeleteHow can we hope to teach a child anything if the child is hungry? Poverty robs children, and people in general of the desire to learn, the motivation to do anything other than to take care of their basic needs, food and shelter. It is a sad situation for a child to be worried about where he will sleep when night falls.
The article you posted was quite eye opening and informative for me. We have a long way to go, and as educators again this is why it is important that we know something about the families that our children come from. We may need to feed a child before we can begin to teach him.
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