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Friday, December 03, 2010

Course Resources

Here's a link to my "Course Resources" page, it has all the resources we received from our foundations course:  http://prospering-early.blogspot.com/p/course-resources.html
Here's a few of my own: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Sylvia C. Chard, Ph.D. and her "Project Approach". I've read a little about this and am interested in learning more about it:

http://projectapproach.org/
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I first heard of Dr. Deborah Stipek from the "Sectors of Early Childhood Education" multimedia program.  I'm very interested in learning about child motivation and found that she's got a few books out about this subject and has been involved in some very interesting research projects. (click on the titles below to get more information)

Motivation to Learn: Integrating Theory and Practice (4th edition, 2002)  

Motivated Minds: Raising Children to Love Learning (with K. Seal, 2001) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is my local resource and referral agency's blog (that I'm just now taking advantage of thanks to my new blogging knowledge! ) It has a mixture of news and information on both local (Indiana) and national events and issues.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Resources I liked from my colleagues's blogs: 
A Source from Lilliane's "Beach Life": I think I'd definitely like to purchase this book.  It looks like it will be useful in helping me to understand various childcare education tactics as well as be a valuable resource for training my teachers.  Thanks Lilliane! 
All About Child Care and Early Education:A Comprehensive Resource for Child Care Professionals by Marilyn Segal, Mary Jean Woika, Jesse Leinfelder 

Sources from Debra's "DebraAnnDawson":  These appear to be really good resources for teaching and curriculum supplies as well as helping you stay informed of national policy news and events. Thanks Debra! 

http://www.earlychildhood.com/

http://edlabor.house.gov/education/early-childhood/ 

A Source from Venuri's "Early Childhood Wisdom":  Another resource that looks like it will help keep me informed of children and education issues.  Thanks Venuri!  http://everychildmatters.org/

 

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3 comments:

  1. georgiafDecember 4, 2010 at 5:05 PM

    Hey Marlena,

    Neat resources! I enjoyed visiting projectapproach; I went through some of the projects, and it really gave me some great ideas for extended lesson plans for my teaching teams--I especially found the Bugs projects (since it's near where I live)and the lunch project to be great ideas. The projects really seem to actively involve the kids as well as motivate them to see a project through to the end.

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  2. debradawson85December 4, 2010 at 5:07 PM

    I liked additional resources you posted. I'm really became interested in the Motivated Minds: Raising Children to Love Learning ( K. Seal, 2001)link. My thoughts are learning shouldn't be drilled into young children. The early years should be open for creative and exploration. Creativity opens many doors for exploring minds. Great resources you have posted, Marlena.

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  3. Marlena BanksDecember 8, 2010 at 5:19 PM

    Yay! I'm glad you all were able to benefit from these resources. I definitely got a lot from the ones you posted as well!

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