This is a snapshot of project information archived on 2 September 2022. Please contact the project team for most recent updates.
CORE 8: Early Childhood Courses
Subject: Early Childhood Education
Book Language: English
Audience: 200 level transfer courses
Created date: December 4, 2019
Updated date: December 4, 2019
Target Release Date: 2020-04-01
License:
- Attribution
Needs:
- Authors
- Editors
- Adopters
Description:
Two Early Childhood Education OER books are now available:
Child Growth and Development addresses growth and development from conception through adolescence. Please find Word and PDF versions of the book and some resources for the book in the Google Group created to house collaboration efforts around the book:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/understanding-the-whole-child-oer-resources
Introduction to Curriculum focuses on developmentally appropriate for preschool-aged children and includes a chapter on infant and toddler curriculum and a chapter on curriculum for school-aged children. Please find Word and PDF versions of the book in the Google Group created to house collaboration efforts around the book:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/introduction-to-curriculum-oer-group
Still to come are 5 more ECE books:
Child, Family, and Community (by Spring 2020)
Observation and Assessment (by Spring 2020)
Teaching in a Diverse Society (by/during Spring 2020)
Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children (during Spring 2020)
Health, Safety, and Nutrition (during Spring 2020)
Seeking: Section Leads/Editors
We are seeking faculty and/or others actively working in the field of Early Childhood Education qualified, willing and interested in leading a team of authors for this open text. Section Leads/Editors: Commitment to help recruit and lead a small team of authors for a section of Health, Safety and Nutrition text. Please let us know which areas you are interested in covering by filling out this form:
https://goo.gl/forms/xT97mWvD9whjPhIC3
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Short Description:
Eight courses in the California Community Colleges Curriculum Alignment Project (CAP) are intended to become a foundational core for all early care and education professionals. This project is designed to develop a repository of concepts robust enough to form a completed text for the Core 8 ECE courses as described above but versatile enough to meet the diverse needs ,in part or whole, of ECE programs across the United States and beyond.
Two Early Childhood Education OER books are now available:
Child Growth and Development
and
Introduction to Curriculum
. See below for more details.
Outline
Book 1: Child Growth & Development (Released)
Book 2: Introduction to Curriculum (Released)
Book 3: Child, Family, and Community (by Spring 2020)
Book 4: Observation and Assessment (by Spring 2020)
Book 5: Teaching in a Diverse Society (by/during Spring 2020)
Book 6: Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children (during Spring 2020)
Book 7: Health, Safety, and Nutrition (during Spring 2020)
Resources
- Project Summary: Health, Safety and Nutrition
- Section Editor Lead Interest Form
- Call for Participation: Health, Safety & Nutrition
