Heartland Community College
Division for Health & Human Services
Course Syllabus for Students
Course Prefix and Number: CHLD 105-01
Course Title: Curriculum for Early Childhood Programs
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0
Days and times the course meets: Wednesday, 6:00-8:50pm Room ICB 1707
Catalog Description:
Prerequisite: Completion or concurrent enrollment in CHLD 102. The principles of planning,
implementing, evaluating developmentally appropriate curricula are studied. The course focuses
on lesson plans; emerging curricula; scheduling; room arrangement; materials and equipment;
individual, small, and large group activities; goals; and teacher’s role in developing curricula and
promoting cultural diversity.
Instructor Information:
Instructor name: Wendy Bareither
Phone number to contact instructor: 268-8268
Instructor e-mail address, if one: wendy.bareither@hcc.cc.il.us
Location of instructor’s office: ICB Suite 2000, mailbox drop-off only
Hours and days of instructor’s office hours: before or after class as needed, by appt.
Textbook:
Required:
Curtis, Deb. (1996). Reflecting Children’s Lives: A Handbook for
Planning Child-Centered Curriculum. Redleaf Press.
Relationship to Academic Development Programs and Transfer:
CHLD 105 was designed to meet specific needs of an Associate of Applied Science degree or
certificate program, and not necessarily as a transfer course, particularly in relation to the Illinois
Articulation Initiative. This course may transfer to various institutions in a variety of ways.
Please see an academic advisor for an explanation concerning transfer options.
Course Objectives (Learning Outcomes):
1.
To understand the purpose of curriculum.
2.
To understand the importance of play in child development, its stages and
benefits.
3.
To be able to create supportive curriculum plans and schedules.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
To become familiar with developmentally appropriate materials and equipment.
To understand how to encourage emotional competence in children, to foster
competence in interpersonal relations and to develop in children the sense of self.
To be able to encourage creativity in children.
To be able to develop verbal competence, cognitive competence and build for
future academic competence.
To use written and oral skills to share information and ideas.
Course/Lab Outline:
I.
The purpose of curriculum
II.
Play - definition, stages, benefits
III.
Planning for total learning
IV.
The environment
V.
Health, safety and nutrition
VI.
Developing physical competence
VII. Helping children understand and value life
VIII. Achieving emotional competence
IX.
Getting along with others
X.
Developing a sense of self
XI.
Encouraging creativity
XII. Developing verbal competence
XIII. Planning for group time
XIV. Increasing cognitive competence
XV. Building for future academic competence
Course Policies:
Method of Evaluation (Tests/Exams, Grading System):
Exams: 2 Mar. 9, 2005 and May 18, 2005. Worth 25 points each.
4 projects due (see below). Worth 25 points each.
Attendance points are worth 25 points total for perfect attendance.
Participation in class is worth 25 points. Points possible: 200.
Projects include the following:
1. Visit a school or childcare site and draw a map of each of the following: an
infant/toddler room, and a preschool room. Analyze the rooms’ environments and
address these questions: What factors do you feel are working within the environment?
What recommendations for change would you make? Why? Analysis should be no more
than 1-2 pages. Project includes: 2 maps and a 1-2 page typed analysis. Worth: 25
points, due Feb.16, 2005.
2. Conduct a 30 minute observation on a child aged birth to 8 years in a childcare site or at
school. (You will be assigned an age in class). Write a 2 page typed paper based on your
observation that includes: objectivity, specificity, directness, completeness, and
inclusion of mood. Worth: 25 points, due March 2, 2005.
3. In groups of 2 choose a topic and create a prop box related to your topic. It needs to
include elements from Piaget’s stages of play. Write a 1-2 page typed paper explaining
the items and how they relate to the stages of play. Give a short (3-5 minute)
presentation to the class explaining the contents and relevancy of play to your prop box.
Worth: 25 points total, paper is worth 15 points, and presentation is worth 10 points, due
April 13, 2005.
4. Visit a toddler or early childhood classroom. Write a 2-3 page typed paper that includes
whether you see a child-centered classroom, the role the teacher plays, and descriptions
of learning centers within the classroom. Include a description of the assessment
practices used. (You may need to interview the teacher for this). Worth: 25 points, due
May 11, 2005.
Items 1, 2, and 4 are to be conducted at a minimum of 2 different sites. You must choose
Heartland’s Child Development Lab and Learning Center (CDLLC) for one site, but not in
my classroom.
A = 100-90%
B = 89-80%
C = 79-70%
D = 69-60%
F = 59% and below
At the conclusion of the semester, your grade will be determined on your percentage of
the total number of possible points.
Participation (or Attendance):
Students are expected to attend all classes and participate meaningfully in each class day.
Students attending all classes will receive 25 points for perfect attendance. Students who
miss one class may write a response to a journal article, upon approval, and can earn up to 15
points back. Students who miss 2 classes will have 10 points deducted from your overall
score per class. Three absences will earn students an “F” in the course. Two tardies will be
equal to one absence regardless of reason. Students who leave class early will receive a
tardy regardless of reason.
It is the students’ responsibility to notify the instructor when he/she is unable to attend any
class session. Permission to make up work may be granted at the instructor’s discretion. It is
the student’s responsibility to obtain any handouts for any class for which he/she is absent.
Students who are ill or unable to attend class must notify the instructor prior to the scheduled
class meeting. If this notification is not made in time the student will waive any
consideration for making up the work or test missed. The student may leave a message at the
voice mail given, (309) 268-8268 and the instructor will get back with him/her to make
appropriate arrangements for make up work when appropriate. Students must notify the
instructor by phone or in person. E-mail notification will not be accepted as attendance
notification.
Make-up of tests and assignments:
The student is expected to write all tests and quizzes at the date and time designated by the
instructor. If the student is unable to write the exam at the time designated by the instructor
due to illness or emergencies the student must personally notify the instructor prior to test
taking time. The student who does not notify the instructor prior to test taking will receive an
“F” for the test or quiz. Make-up exams will take the form of all essay questions.
Deadlines:
All assignments are due at the date and time specified by the instructor. Any late work will
be deducted 10 points for each course day the assignment is late. Assignments will receive
an “F” after 3 course days following the deadline unless the student has received an
extension from the instructor. The extension must be granted prior to the time the
assignment is due.
Required Writing and Reading:
Required reading includes the class text and additional readings assigned in class. Writing is
required for the exams and assignments.
Student Conduct: Turn off all cell phones.
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
The Library, located in the Students Commons Buildings at the Raab Road campus, provides
Heartland students with a full range of resources including books, online journal databases,
videos, newspapers, periodicals, reserves, and interlibrary loan. Librarians are available to assist
in locating information.
For more information please call the Library (309) 268-8200 or (309) 268-8292
Tutoring Center
Heartland Community College offers tutoring 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 and group tutoring
facilitated by a specially-trained tutor are also available by request. For more information about
services available at each location, please call the ASC in Normal (309) 268-8231; the Pontiac
Center (815) 842-6777; the Lincoln Center (217) 735-1731.
Testing Center
The Testing Center provides a quiet environment for students to complete make-up exams,
online exams, and exams for students with special accommodations. Students may be able to
complete exams in the Testing Center if arrangements are made with their instructor. For more
information, contact the Testing Center at (309) 268-8231.
Syllabi disclaimer:
There may be some minor changes in the order materials are presented due to availability of
speakers.
Semester Calendar
CHLD 105-01
Curriculum for Early Childhood Programs
Wednesday 6:00-8:50 PM
ICB 1707
Date
Topic
Assignment
Jan.19
Introduction/Chapter 5
Read Chap. 5
Jan. 26
Chapter 5
Read Chap. 1,2
Feb. 2
Chapter 1 and 2
Read Chap.2
Feb. 9
Chapter 2
Read Chap. 3
Feb. 16
Chapter 3
Paper # 1 due
Feb. 23
Chapter 3
Mar. 2
Role play; review for test
Mar. 9
Test (Chapter 1, 2, 3, 5)
Mar. 16
SPRING BREAK!!!!
Mar. 23
Chapter 4
Mar. 30
Chapter 4
Apr. 6
Chapter 4 & Work time on group project
Apr. 13
Presentations due
Apr. 20
Chapter 6
Apr. 27
Chapter 6
May 4
Chapter 6
Read Chap. 7
May 11
Chapter 7/Review for test
Paper # 4 due
May 18
Test 2 (Chapters 4,6,7)
Paper # 2 due
Read Chap. 4
Paper # 3 due/Read Chap. 6