EDUC 332 - Reflective Practice with Infants and Toddlers

5 Credits

Study of infant and toddler growth and development, including strategies to create authentic family partnerships that support culturally and linguistically sustaining environments.

Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - EDUC
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Spring Online

Designed to Serve Students in the Bachelor of Applied Science in Early Childhood Education.
Active Date 20220330T15:33:37

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Course Outline

Brain development - what do we know now?
Partnerships with diverse families, cultural responsiveness and anti-bias practices
Milestones - recognizing typical and atypical developmental patterns
Developmental influences - cultural, genetic and environmental
Curriculum through caregiving
Observation and assessment in the infant/toddler classroom and how biases affect our work
Professionalism and advocacy

Student Learning Outcomes
Describe current research in brain development and how it applies to infant/toddler curriculum and adult/child interactions

Construct a developmentally appropriate, research-based, culturally responsive curriculum plan, based on developmental milestones.

Describe indicators in children that might indicate atypical development in the birth to 36 months age range.

Identify local resources that serve children who are not developing typically and their families.

Create strategies to implement culturally & linguistically responsive, relationship-based classroom practices with infants/toddlers and their families.

Demonstrate the process of observation, documentation, interpretation, and provocation as the basis for assessment and curriculum development.