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Teaching Early and Elementary STEM
Alissa Lange; Laura Robertson; Jamie Price; Amie Craven · East Tennessee State University · 2021
This Open Access Educational textbook, "Teaching Early and Elementary STEM", was written to support pre-service early childhood and elementary teachers in their journey to become facilitators of science, technology, engineering, and math, or “STEM,” and "integrated STEM" in their future classrooms. Students who read and use this text will deepen their understanding of “STEM” and “integrated STEM,” learn what early childhood and elementary students need to know and be able to do in relation to STEM, and understand ways to create activity plans and implement current research-based approaches to teaching and pedagogy. This text arose out of our Early/Elementary STEM Collaboration project, which started in 2017 with the intention of increasing the quality of teacher preparation in STEM across early childhood and elementary education. The team is composed of math and science education professors, classroom in-service teachers, and pre-service teachers in pre-school through fifth grade. We are driven by the values of collaboration, strengths-based approaches to teaching and learning, constructivist philosophy of teaching and learning, and applied STEM experiences to increase access and equity. Our model of preparing pre-service teachers has been published elsewhere in more detail (Robertson, Nivens, & Lange, 2019). We built this open access product to include the following: 1) completely new content that includes input from our team as well as examples of integrated STEM learning experiences; 2) adaptations of existing resources, and; 3) compilations of existing free resources (e.g., Next Generation Science Standards).
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Trauma Informed Behaviour Support: A Practical Guide to Developing Resilient Learners
Kay Ayre; Govind Krishnamoorthy · University of Southern Queensland · 2020
If we want to impact the world of children who have experienced trauma then we must change not only ourselves and our classroom, but we must change our schools, our organisations, and our systems of care for children. We must all speak out for these children who have no voice to bring awareness of new educational and mental health approaches to children who will become tomorrow’s failed adults unless they receive our understanding and our help. For whatever reason you have been attracted to this book, you have come to the right place. You may at times put it down and wonder if the challenge is too great, but trust me it is not. If you stay engaged with this book and with a child who has experienced trauma then you will learn new understandings, new ideas and new ways to reach the mind, the heart and the soul of young people who need our support and our love.
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Parenting and Family Diversity Issues
Diana Lang · Iowa State University · 2020
This book has been created for students and all individuals who work with children and families (e.g., educators, parents, caregivers, direct support workers, etc.) in diverse contexts. It is imperative to understand how and what factors may influence child outcomes across the lifespan. Therefore, key concepts related to parenting, child-rearing, care-giving, and parenting education are outlined in this textbook to provide historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives across vast settings and developmental domains.
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El Niño Entero: Desarrollo en los Primeros Años — Translation of The Whole Child
Deirdre Budzyna; Doris Buckley; Sharline Del Rosario · ROTEL · 2024
El Niño Entero es un libro de texto de Psicología Infantil o Crecimiento y Desarrollo Infantil que es a la vez completo y conciso. Los estudiantes no necesitan un volumen extenso para digerir, pero sí necesitan una comprensión sólida de cómo se desarrolla un niño pequeño. Sólo con esta comprensión pueden surgir prácticas apropiadas para el desarrollo en el aula y en otros lugares que sean espacios de amor y cuidado para los niños pequeños. Con el costo creciente de los libros de texto, este libro de texto es un recurso para los instructores que buscan encontrar materiales accesibles y de calidad para nuestros estudiantes.The Whole Child is a textbook for Child Psychology or Child Growth and Development that is both comprehensive and concise. Students do not need a lengthy volume to digest, but they do need a strong understanding of how a young child develops. Only with this understanding can developmentally appropriate practice emerge in the classroom and in other places that are loving and caring spaces for young children. With the rising cost of textbooks, this textbook is a resource for instructors looking to find quality, accessible materials for our students.
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Habilidades Perceptivas: Mejorando el Aprendizaje Remoto en Estudiantes de 5 años
Esther Glory Terrazo-Luna; Daker Riveros-Anccasi; Christian Luis Torres-Acevedo; Angel Epifanio Rojas-Quispe · Editorial Grupo AEA · 2023
La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar el nivel de relación entre las habilidades perceptivas y el aprendizaje de la matemática de los niños y las niñas de 5 años de una Institución Educativa de Huancavelica, en la educación remota. El diseño empleado fue el correlacional y la muestra lo conformaron 46 estudiantes de 5 años de una institución de educación inicial de Huancavelica. Los instrumentos empleados fueron, la lista de cotejo para cada variable con 30 ítems. Los resultados evidencian que existe relación estadísticamente significativa entre las habilidades perceptivas y el aprendizaje de la matemática en los estudiantes de 5 años de una institución educativa de Huancavelica, en la educación remota. Estos resultados cuantitativos, con un r=0.75, representan una correlación positiva moderada, según el cuadro de índices de correlación de Hernández, Fernández y Baptista (2018)
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Desarrollo del Pensamiento Creativo: mediante Juegos Libres para Niños
Esther Glory Terrazo-Luna; Daker Riveros-Anccasi; Abel Gonzales-Castro; Juan José Oré-Rojas · Editorial Grupo AEA · 2023
Este trabajo de investigación tuvo como objetivo evaluar la eficacia de los juegos libres en el desarrollo del pensamiento creativo en los estudiantes de 5 años de la Institución Educativa Nº 329 de Huancavelica. La metodología de los juegos libres ofrece una educación dinámica y activa en los estudiantes, la cual incentiva el desarrollo del pensamiento creativo en los estudiantes de 5 años, a través de un mayor sentido de seguridad y confianza en sí mismos. Esta metodología se realizó en un ambiente motivador y áreas libres, centrándose en la participación dinámica y motivadora, con el fin de fortalecer sus capacidades y habilidades, buscando que ellos desarrollen un aprendizaje autónomo. Con los resultados obtenidos se puede afirmar que los juegos libres favorecen directamente en el desarrollo del pensamiento creativo en los niños de 5 años, toda vez que t de Student con 53 grados de libertad, para muestras independientes, con una significancia del 5%, muestra un valor de 0.038 el cual es inferior al valor planteado, aceptando la hipótesis alternativa como válida.
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Public Health 101
Erin Calderone · Glendale Community College
In the contents: 3.02: Early Community Health Measures · 8.5.01: Early Childhood Development and Education · 9.06: Childhood Health
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Children's Programs Administration
Jennifer Marta & Hannah Knott · Coalinga College
In the contents: 1.15: Early Childhood Skill Checklist · 1.16: Early Childhood Narrative Assessment · 1.18: Early Childhood Program Overview
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Abnormal Psychology
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 6.60: Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood (313.89) · 6.62: Feeding Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood (307.59) · 6.73: Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (299.1)
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Lifespan Development A Psychological Perspective 4e
Martha Lally & Suzanne Valentine-French · College of Lake County
In the contents: 04: Early Childhood · 4.01: Prelude to Early Childhood · 4.08: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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CH DEV 034 Observing And Recording Children's Behavior
Ancelma Sanchez · East Los Angeles College
In the contents: 01: Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education (Peterson and Elam) · 1.2.07: Measuring High-Quality in Early Care and Education Classrooms · 2.07: Measuring High-Quality in Early Care and Education Classrooms
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Infant and Toddler Care and Development
Kim Laplante · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
In the contents: 7.03: Adverse Childhood Experiences · 13.03: Early Communication with Eye Gaze · 18.05: The Early Months of Social Development
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Child Growth & Development Remix 2026
Kim Martin · Copper Mountain College
In the contents: 01: Perspectives on Early Childhood · 1.01: Childhood Defined · 08: Early Childhood Development
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Introduction to Psychology (Lumen - Complete)
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In the contents: 4.04: Early PsychologyStructuralism and Functionalism · 12.08: Introduction to Stages of Development in Childhood · 12.10: Childhood- Physical and Cognitive Development
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The Developing Child
Heather Carter · Pittsburg State University
In the contents: 10.07: Promoting Creativity in Middle Childhood · 13.5.01: Early Research on Attachment · 14: Physical Development in Early Childhood
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TED 1200 - Child and Adolescent Development
Mary Y Bonnell · Prince George's Community College
In the contents: 04: Early Childhood · 4.01: Introduction to Early Childhood · 4.21: Childhood Stress and Development
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CCSF Nutrition Textbook: Introduction to Nutrition — Science and Everyday Application
Jonathan Siekmann · City College of San Francisco
In the contents: 12.03: Nutrition for Lactation in Early Infancy · 13: Nutrition During Childhood Adolescence and Older Age · 13.01: Lifespan Nutrition During Childhood and Adolescence
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PSYC 40: Lifespan Development
Michelle Pilati · Foothill College
In the contents: 05: Early Childhood · 5.01: Early Childhood - What Will You Learn · 5.02: Physical Development During Early Childhood
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Human Development Life Span (NWTC)
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In the contents: 02: Early Childhood · 2.01: Introduction to Early Childhood · 2.06: Childhood Stress and Development
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Child Developmental Psychology - Topical Approach
Bakhtawar Bhadha · Pasadena City College
In the contents: 8.02: Nutrition in early childhood · 8.03: Nutrition in middle childhood · 8.15: Illnesses and conditions in childhood