THE WISCONSIN PRESCHOOL PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL INSTRUCTOR S GUIDE COURSE TWO CHILD DEVELOPMENT Revised February 2011 WTCS - Wiscnsin Technical Cllege System - 1 - Last Revised February 2011 The Registry grants permissin t all WI institutins f higher educatin t use these materials.
10-307-179 ECE: Child Develpment Curse Outcme Summary WTCS - Wiscnsin Technical Cllege System Infrmatin Credits 3 Descriptin The 3-credit curse examines child develpment within the cntext f the early childhd educatin setting. Curse cmpetencies include: analyze scial, cultural, and ecnmic influences n child develpment; summarize child develpment theries; analyze develpment f children age three thrugh age eight; summarize the methds and designs f child develpment research; analyze the rle f heredity and the envirnment. External Standards NAEYC Standard 1: Prmting Child Develpment and Learning. Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams use their understanding f yung children's characteristics and needs, and f multiple interacting influences n children's develpment and learning, t create envirnments that are healthy, respectful, supprtive, and challenging fr all children. NAEYC Standard 2: Building Family and Cmmunity Relatinships. Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams knw abut, understand, and value the imprtance and cmplex characteristics f children's families and cmmunities. They use this understanding t create respectful, reciprcal relatinships that supprt and empwer families and t invlve all families in their children's develpment and learning. NAEYC Standard 3: Observing, Dcumenting, and Assessing t Supprt Yung Children and Families. Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams knw abut and understand the gals, benefits, and uses f assessment. They knw abut and use systematic bservatins, dcumentatin, and ther effective assessment strategies in a respnsible way, in partnership with families and ther prfessinals, t psitively influence children's develpment and learning. NAEYC Standard 4a: Cnnecting with Children and Families. Students knw, understand, and use psitive relatinships and supprtive interactins as the fundatin fr their wrk with yung children WTCS - Wiscnsin Technical Cllege System - 2 - Last Revised February 2011 The Registry grants permissin t all WI institutins f higher educatin t use these materials.
NAEYC Standard 4b: Using Develpmentally Effective Appraches. Students knw, understand, and use a wide array f effective appraches, strategies, and tls t psitively influence children's develpment and learning NAEYC Standard 5: Becming a Prfessinal Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams identify and cnduct themselves as members f the early childhd prfessin. They knw and use ethical guidelines and ther prfessinal standards related t early childhd practice. They are cntinuus, cllabrative learners wh demnstrate knwledgeable, reflective, and critical perspectives n their wrk, making infrmed decisins that integrate knwledge frm a variety f surces. They are infrmed advcates fr sund educatinal practices and plicies. WI Teacher Standard 2: The teacher understands hw children learn and develp, and can prvide learning pprtunities that supprt their intellectual, scial, and persnal develpment. WI Teacher Standard 3: The teacher understands hw students differ in their appraches t learning and creates instructinal pprtunities that are adapted t diverse learners. WI Teacher Standard 8: The teacher understands and uses frmal and infrmal assessment strategies t evaluate and ensure the cntinuus intellectual, scial, and physical develpment f the learner. Prgram Outcmes ECE A. Apply child develpment thery t practice. ECE B. Observe, recrd, and assess child grwth and develpment. ECE C. Implement develpmentally apprpriate curriculum. ECE D. Incrprate develpmentally apprpriate guidance strategies. ECE F. Prvide a respectful, diverse, and inclusive prgram. ECE G. Use interpersnal skills t develp respectful relatinships with children and adults. ECE H. Demnstrate prfessinal and ethical standards. ECE I. Advcate fr children, families, and the prfessin. Cmpetencies, Linked Exit Learning Outcmes, and Perfrmance Standards 1. Analyze scial, cultural, and ecnmic influences n child develpment. NAEYC Standard 1: Prmting Child Develpment and Learning. Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams use their understanding f yung children's characteristics and WTCS - Wiscnsin Technical Cllege System - 3 - Last Revised February 2011 The Registry grants permissin t all WI institutins f higher educatin t use these materials.
needs, and f multiple interacting influences n children's develpment and learning, t create envirnments that are healthy, respectful, supprtive, and challenging fr all children. NAEYC Standard 2: Building Family and Cmmunity Relatinships. Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams knw abut, understand, and value the imprtance and cmplex characteristics f children's families and cmmunities. They use this understanding t create respectful, reciprcal relatinships that supprt and empwer families and t invlve all families in their children's develpment and learning. NAEYC Standard 5: Becming a Prfessinal Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams identify and cnduct themselves as members f the early childhd prfessin. They knw and use ethical guidelines and ther prfessinal standards related t early childhd practice. They are cntinuus, cllabrative learners wh demnstrate knwledgeable, reflective, and critical perspectives n their wrk, making infrmed decisins that integrate knwledge frm a variety f surces. They are infrmed advcates fr sund educatinal practices and plicies. WI Teacher Standard 3: The teacher understands hw students differ in their appraches t learning and creates instructinal pprtunities that are adapted t diverse learners. Linked Prgram Outcmes A. ECE A. Apply child develpment thery t practice. C. ECE C. Implement develpmentally apprpriate curriculum. D. ECE D. Incrprate develpmentally apprpriate guidance strategies. E. ECE F. Prvide a respectful, diverse, and inclusive prgram. F. ECE G. Use interpersnal skills t develp respectful relatinships with children and adults. G. ECE H. Demnstrate prfessinal and ethical standards. H. ECE I. Advcate fr children, families, and the prfessin. Perfrmance Standards Yu will demnstrate yur cmpetence: thrugh a written r ral prduct as individually r in grups in a classrm r simulated envirnment Perfrmance will be satisfactry when yu: describe cultural influences n develpment acknwledge family culture identify sci-ecnmic factrs impacting child develpment Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Examine cultural influences n child develpment. b. Summarize sci-ecnmic factrs that affect child develpment. WTCS - Wiscnsin Technical Cllege System - 4 - Last Revised February 2011 The Registry grants permissin t all WI institutins f higher educatin t use these materials.
c. Explre hw diversity and family type (i.e. same sex parents, blended families) impacts child develpment. 2. Summarize child develpment theries. NAEYC Standard 1: Prmting Child Develpment and Learning. Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams use their understanding f yung children's characteristics and needs, and f multiple interacting influences n children's develpment and learning, t create envirnments that are healthy, respectful, supprtive, and challenging fr all children. NAEYC Standard 4b: Using Develpmentally Effective Appraches. Students knw, understand, and use a wide array f effective appraches, strategies, and tls t psitively influence children's develpment and learning WI Teacher Standard 2: The teacher understands hw children learn and develp, and can prvide learning pprtunities that supprt their intellectual, scial, and persnal develpment. Linked Prgram Outcmes A. ECE A. Apply child develpment thery t practice. B. ECE B. Observe, recrd, and assess child grwth and develpment. C. ECE C. Implement develpmentally apprpriate curriculum. D. ECE D. Incrprate develpmentally apprpriate guidance strategies. Perfrmance Standards Yu will demnstrate yur cmpetence: thrugh a written r ral prduct individually r in grups in a classrm r simulated envirnment Perfrmance will be satisfactry when yu: include terms specific t child develpment settings describe hw child develpment theries are used in early childhd setting identify therists identify theretical cncepts Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Explain the imprtance f theries in assessing develpment. b. Identify develpmental theries. c. Cmpare develpmental theries. WTCS - Wiscnsin Technical Cllege System - 5 - Last Revised February 2011 The Registry grants permissin t all WI institutins f higher educatin t use these materials.
d. Cntrast develpmental theries. 3. Analyze develpment f children age three thrugh age eight. NAEYC Standard 1: Prmting Child Develpment and Learning. Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams use their understanding f yung children's characteristics and needs, and f multiple interacting influences n children's develpment and learning, t create envirnments that are healthy, respectful, supprtive, and challenging fr all children. NAEYC Standard 3: Observing, Dcumenting, and Assessing t Supprt Yung Children and Families. Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams knw abut and understand the gals, benefits, and uses f assessment. They knw abut and use systematic bservatins, dcumentatin, and ther effective assessment strategies in a respnsible way, in partnership with families and ther prfessinals, t psitively influence children's develpment and learning. WI Teacher Standard 2: The teacher understands hw children learn and develp, and can prvide learning pprtunities that supprt their intellectual, scial, and persnal develpment. Linked Prgram Outcmes A. ECE A. Apply child develpment thery t practice. B. ECE B. Observe, recrd, and assess child grwth and develpment. C. ECE C. Implement develpmentally apprpriate curriculum. D. ECE D. Incrprate develpmentally apprpriate guidance strategies. Perfrmance Standards Yu will demnstrate yur cmpetence: thrugh a written r ral prduct individually r in grups in a classrm r simulated envirnment Perfrmance will be satisfactry when yu: summarize brain develpment in yung children describe develpmental dmains explain the interrelatinship f all develpmental dmains apply theries t a child's grwth and develpment Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Identify the dmains f develpment. b. Identify the milestnes fr children in all develpmental dmains. WTCS - Wiscnsin Technical Cllege System - 6 - Last Revised February 2011 The Registry grants permissin t all WI institutins f higher educatin t use these materials.
c. Describe brain develpment f children. 4. Summarize the methds and designs f child develpment research. NAEYC Standard 1: Prmting Child Develpment and Learning. Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams use their understanding f yung children's characteristics and needs, and f multiple interacting influences n children's develpment and learning, t create envirnments that are healthy, respectful, supprtive, and challenging fr all children. NAEYC Standard 5: Becming a Prfessinal Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams identify and cnduct themselves as members f the early childhd prfessin. They knw and use ethical guidelines and ther prfessinal standards related t early childhd practice. They are cntinuus, cllabrative learners wh demnstrate knwledgeable, reflective, and critical perspectives n their wrk, making infrmed decisins that integrate knwledge frm a variety f surces. They are infrmed advcates fr sund educatinal practices and plicies. WI Teacher Standard 8: The teacher understands and uses frmal and infrmal assessment strategies t evaluate and ensure the cntinuus intellectual, scial, and physical develpment f the learner. Linked Prgram Outcmes A. ECE A. Apply child develpment thery t practice. B. ECE B. Observe, recrd, and assess child grwth and develpment. C. ECE C. Implement develpmentally apprpriate curriculum. D. ECE D. Incrprate develpmentally apprpriate guidance strategies. Perfrmance Standards Yu will demnstrate yur cmpetence: thrugh a written r ral prduct individually r in grups in a classrm r simulated envirnment Yur perfrmance will be successful when yu: discuss the methds and designs f child develpment research Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Examine lngitudinal methds f research with children. b. Examine crss-sectinal methd f research with children. c. Examine case study methd f research with children. WTCS - Wiscnsin Technical Cllege System - 7 - Last Revised February 2011 The Registry grants permissin t all WI institutins f higher educatin t use these materials.
5. Analyze the rle f heredity and the envirnment. NAEYC Standard 1: Prmting Child Develpment and Learning. Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams use their understanding f yung children's characteristics and needs, and f multiple interacting influences n children's develpment and learning, t create envirnments that are healthy, respectful, supprtive, and challenging fr all children. NAEYC Standard 2: Building Family and Cmmunity Relatinships. Students prepared in assciate degree prgrams knw abut, understand, and value the imprtance and cmplex characteristics f children's families and cmmunities. They use this understanding t create respectful, reciprcal relatinships that supprt and empwer families and t invlve all families in their children's develpment and learning. NAEYC Standard 4a: Cnnecting with Children and Families. Students knw, understand, and use psitive relatinships and supprtive interactins as the fundatin fr their wrk with yung children WI Teacher Standard 2: The teacher understands hw children learn and develp, and can prvide learning pprtunities that supprt their intellectual, scial, and persnal develpment. Linked Prgram Outcmes A. ECE A. Apply child develpment thery t practice. B. ECE B. Observe, recrd, and assess child grwth and develpment. Perfrmance Standards Yu will demnstrate yur cmpetence: thrugh a written r ral prduct individually r in grups in a classrm r simulated envirnment Yur perfrmance will be successful when yu assess the effects f: heredity n develpment envirnment n develpment Learning bjectives What yu will learn as yu master the cmpetency: a. Define nature vs. nurture as it relates t child develpment. b. Discuss the nature-nurture cntrversy as it relates t child develpment. WTCS - Wiscnsin Technical Cllege System - 8 - Last Revised February 2011 The Registry grants permissin t all WI institutins f higher educatin t use these materials.