COURSE RESOURCES SECTION

The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources.

--Johann von Goethe

 •Course Media: Five early childhood professionals discuss their preferred and trusted resources.

 Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2010). Foundations: Early Childhood Studies [DVD]. Resources  for Early Childhood: Narrator; Ron Snow.

 Part 1: Position Statements and Influential Practices

 •NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

 •NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf

 •NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

 •NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf

 •NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

 •NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf

 •Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller

 •FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf

 Note: The following article can be found in the Walden University Library databases.

 •Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53.

 Use the Academic Search Complete database, and search using the article's title.

 Part 2: Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being

 •Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf

•Websites:

 ◦World Forum Foundation

http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us

◦World Organization for Early Childhood Education

  http://www.omep-usnc.org/.

◦Association for Childhood Education International
  http://acei.org/

 Click on "Mission/Vision" and "Guiding Principles and Beliefs" and read these statements.

Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations

•National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/

•The Division for Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org/

•Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/

•WESTED
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

•Harvard Education Letter
http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

•FPG Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm

•Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

•HighScope
http://www.highscope.org/

•Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/

•Center for Child Care Workforce
http://www.ccw.org/

•Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

•Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/

•National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

•National Child Care Association
http://www.nccanet.org/

•National Institute for Early Education Research
http://nieer.org/

 •Pre[K]Now

http://www.preknow.org/

 •Voices for America's Children
http://www.voices.org/

 •The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library

Tip: Use the A-to-Z e-journal list to search for specific journal titles. (Go to "How Do I...?", select "Tips for Specific Formats and Resources," and then "e-journals" to find this search interface.)

 •YC Young Children

 •Childhood

 •Journal of Child & Family Studies

 •Child Study Journal

 •Multicultural Education

 •Early Childhood Education Journal

 •Journal of Early Childhood Research

 •International Journal of Early Childhood

 •Early Childhood Research Quarterly

 •Developmental Psychology

 •Social Studies

 •Maternal & Child Health Journal

 •International Journal of Early Years Education

 Additional Four:

1.      Research and Training Center on Early child Development:  Evaluation of the Games for Growing Tool Kit for Promoting Early Contingency Learning. Retrieved May 29, 2012http://www.researchtopractice.info/

2.      Early childhood Investigation(May 31, 2012) The Goldmine of Self-Sustaining Mentoring Practice in early childhood education.

             http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.org

3.      Information Books In Early Childhood by Nell K Duke(May 31, 2012)

http://journal.naeyc.org/btj/200303/InformationBooks.pdf

4.      The developing child in the 21th century- book by Sandra Smidt