Heartland Community College
Division for Human Services
Course Syllabus for Students
Course Prefix and Number: CHLD 101
Course Title: Introduction to Early Childhood Education
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
Course Meeting Time: T 6:00-8:50
Catalog Description:
The course provides an overview of the history and philosophy of early childhood
education and examines a variety of past and present programs in terms of basic values,
structure, organization, and programming. The developmentally appropriate practices and
programs to serve young children is studied. Field experiences provide students with
opportunities to develop observation and guidance skills.
Instructor Information:
Instructor name: Dr. Johnna Darragh
Phone number to contact instructor: (309) 268-8624
Instructor e-mail address, if one: johnna@hcc.cc.il.us
Location of instructor's office: ICCB 2021
Hours and days of instructor's office hours: TR 9:00-11:00
Textbook:
Required: Morrison. (2000) Early Childhood Education Today.
8th Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Textbook Resource Website:
http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/morrison3/
Relationship to Academic Development Programs and Transfer:
CHLD 101 fulfills 3 semester hours of elective credit for A.A., A.S. or A.A.S. degrees. It
should transfer to most colleges and universities as an elective course. However, since it
is not part of the General Education Core Curriculum described in the Illinois
Articulation Initiative, students should check with an academic advisor for information
about its transferability to other institutions. CHLD 101 should articulate as the
equivalent of the IAI baccalaureate major course ECE 911. Refer to IAI web page for
information as well as at www.itransfer.org .
Course Objectives (Learning Outcomes):
1.
The student will become familiar with the historical foundation of
early childhood education, and how those historical roots influence
programs of today.
2.
The student will learn to observe, discuss, assess and evaluate the
distinguishing features of a wide variety of contemporary early
childhood programs.
3.
The student will become familiar with the requirements for
licensure of early childhood programs in the state of Illinois.
4.
The student will be able to cite the primary components of high
quality early childhood programs as set forth by the accreditation
project of the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs.
5.
The student will become acquainted with career opportunities and
associated personnel positions in the early childhood profession.
6.
The student will demonstrate an awareness of programs designed
to meet the unique needs of all children, including those who may
be: culturally different; physically, emotionally, intellectually or
socially disabled; gifted or talented; from a migrant family; or from
a dysfunctional home involving substance abuse, child physical
abuse, neglect, or domestic violence.
7.
The student will be able to identify the characteristics of a
professional in the early childhood care and education.
8.
The student will be able to explain the principles of
developmentally appropriate programming.
9.
The student will be able to outline the principles of a non-biased
curriculum.
10.
The student will become knowledgeable of strategies for
increasing parent involvement in early childhood education.
11.
The student will become familiar with various developmental
screening methods used to place children in early childhood
programming.
Grading Policy:
Grading Scale: A 90-100%
B 80-89%
C 70-79%
D 60-69%
F 59% and below
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a fundamental principle of collegial life at Heartland Community
College and is essential to the credibility of the College's educational programs.
Moreover, because grading may be competitive, students who misrepresent their
academic work violate the right of their fellow students. The College, therefore, views
any act of academic dishonest as a serious offense requiring disciplinary measures,
including course failure, suspension, and even expulsion from the College. In addition, an
act of academic dishonesty may have unforeseen effects far beyond any officially
imposed penalties.
Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to cheating, aiding or
suborning cheating or other acts of academic dishonesty, plagiarism, misrepresentation of
data, falsification of academic records or documents and unauthorized access to
computerized academic or administrative records or systems. Definitions of these
violations may be found in the college catalog.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the presenting of others' ideas as if they were your own. When you write a
paper, create a project, do a presentation or create anything original, it is assumed that all
the work, except for that which is attributed to another author or creator, is your own.
Plagiarism is considered a serious academic offense and may take the following forms:
1 Copying word-for-word from another source and not giving that source
credit.
2 Paraphrasing the work of another and not giving that source credit.
3 Adopting a particularly apt phrase as your own.
4 Using an image or a copy of an image without crediting its source.
5 Paraphrasing someone else's line of thinking in the development of a
topic as if it were your own.
6 Receiving excessive help from a friend or elsewhere, or using another
project as if it were your own.
Note that word-for-word copying is not the only form of plagiarism.
The penalties for plagiarism may be severe, ranging from failure on the particular piece
of work, failure in the course or expulsion from school in extreme cases.
[Adapted from the Modern Language Association's MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers. New York: MLA, 1995: 26]
Support Services:
Heartland Library
Information www.hcc.cc.il.us/library
The Library, located within the Academic Support Center (ASC) on the Normal campus,
provides Heartland students with a variety of on-campus resources that support both class
work and personal inquiry. These include: reference tools (print and non-print),
periodicals, audio-visual materials and equipment, reserves, a general circulating
collection, and a fiction collection. Computer terminals provide access to various
electronic resources, including Academic Universe, FirstSearch, and EbscoHost
databases; CARL online card catalog, and Internet access. Several electronic resources
are accessible from computers off campus. Students may borrow books from the fiction
and general collections and may renew materials, in person or by phone, if requests have
not been placed on them.
Heartland students also have Interlibrary Loan privileges from Heartland Library. Items
usually take 1 to 3 weeks from date of the order to arrive.
The Library maintains a quiet study environment. Assistance is available for all library
and information needs. Heartland Library is open Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 9:30
p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., when the college is in session, but is closed on holidays
that Heartland observes. Intersession and summer hours are reduced.
Milner Library at Illinois State University is a public institution so you may use their
collection on site. If you want to request to check out materials, ask for a free Community
Borrowers card application at the Milner Library circulation desk. It is important that you
have specific titles to request for check out when you apply for the card. The card will
give you access to their circulating collection for three months, with a four week check
out period. To qualify for this service you must live within 50 miles of Milner, have a
current state ID (driver's license) with current address on ID, and be over age 18. After
you fill out the application Milner will perform a background check on you for over due
books, etc.
For more information about Library services please call the Library at 268-8200.
Tutoring and Academic Support
Heartland Community College offers learning assistance in various forms at no cost to
Heartland students at the Academic Support Center (ASC) in Normal and at the Pontiac
and Lincoln Centers. Tutors are available at convenient times throughout the week. Study
groups, group tutoring facilitated by a specially-trained tutor, are also available by
request. Help is also provided through instructional materials, study skills workshops,
open computing, and the Library. For more information about services available at each
location, please call the ASC in Normal at (309) 268-8235, the Pontiac Center (815) 8426777; or the Lincoln Center (217) 735-1731.
Academic Support Services (Academic Support Center) Lab
www.hcc.cc.il.us/divisions/asc
[The following material must be on every syllabi. However, this text may be updated as
needs warranted. Please check either the HCC Intranet site in the Curriculum and
Academic Standards folder or with the lead faculty member for the most current site.]
Testing Center Lab www.hcc.cc.il.us/divisions/asc/testing
The Testing Center proctors make-up exams for students enrolled in traditional courses.
In addition, regularly scheduled exams for alternative delivery courses are also proctored
at this Center. Exams are proctored free of charge in a secure and quite environment. For
more information about exam proctoring services contact the Testing Center at (309)
268-8231.
Open Computing Lab www.hcc.cc.il.us/divisions/asc/complab
The Open Computing Lab provides free computing for HCC students at convenient times
throughout the week. The computer lab is staffed by trained Lab Assistants and offers the
use of approximately 70 computers, a scanner, a laser printer, and an electric typewriter.
Course Calendar:
Date
August 15, 20, 22, 2002
August 27, 29, 2002
September 3, 5, 2002
September 10, 12, 2002
September 17, 2002
Topic
Chapter 1: Early Childhood
Education and Professional
Development
Project One Introduction
Chapter 2: Early Childhood
Education Today:
Understanding Current
Issues
Chapter 3: The Past:
Prologue to the Present
Chapter 4: Montessori
Education: Respect,
Independence, and SelfDirected Learning
TEST ONE (Chapters 14)
September 19, 2002
September 24, 2002
Chapter 5: Piaget:
Constructivism in Practice
Chapter 6: Applying
Theories to Practice
September 26, 2002
October 1, 3, 2002
October 8, 2002
October 10, 2002
October 15, 2002
October 17, 2002
Project One Presentations
Chapter 7: Infants and
Toddlers: Foundation
Years for Learning
Chapter 8: The Preschool
Years: Transitions and
New Encounters
Chapter 9: Kindergarten
Education: Learning All
You Need to Know
Reading/Project Day
TEST TWO: (Chapters
5-9)
October 22, 2002
Chapter 10: The Primary
Grades: Preparation for
Lifelong Success
October 24, 29 2002
Project Two Presentations
November 5, 2002
Chapter 11: Observing and
Assessing Young Children
November 7, 2002
Chapter 12: Guiding
Children” Creating
Environments for Prosocial
Behavior
Chapter 13: Technology
and Young Children:
Education for the
Information Age
TEST THREE:
(Chapters 10-13)
November 12, 14, 2002
November 19
November 21, 2002
November 26, 2002
Chapter 14:
Multiculturalism:
Education for Living in a
Diverse Society
Chapter 15: Children and
Special Needs: Providing
Special Education for All
December 3, 2002
Chapter 16: Parent, Family,
Child and Community
Involvement:: Cooperation
and Collaboration
December 5, 2002
Project Three
Presentations
Final Exam
December 12, 2002