EC221 Concepts of Infant-Toddler Development

Course Calendar

Weeks	Assingments
Week 1	Rethinking the Brain (RTB)      Read Executive summary, forward and preface, pages ix-xvii How Babies Talk (HBT)      Read pages 1-37 Internet Research: Newborn Hearing Screening.
Week 2	Infant-toddler Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (ITERS-R)     Read pages 1-9 Rethinking the Brain (RTB)     Read pages 2-14     Identify and complete the field site contract
Week 3	Rethinking the Brain (RTB)     Read pages 15-24
Week 4	Rethinking the Brain (RTB)     Read pages 25-55 How Babies Talk (HBT)     Read pages 39-61
Week 5	Rethinking the Brain (RTB)     Read pages 57-69 Infant-toddler Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (ITERS-R)     Read pages 10-29 and 50-55
Week 6	Field Observation 1      Space and Furnishings      Personal Care Routines      Program Structure
Week 7	How Babies Talk (HBT)     Read pages 63-114 Infant-toddler Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (ITERS-R)     Read pages 30-33 and 46-49
Students are asked to fill out a Mid-Semester Course Feedback.
Week 8	Field Observation 2      Listening and talking      Interaction
Week 9	Rethinking the Brain (RTB)     Read pages 71-72 and 75-80 How Babies Talk (HBT)     Read pages 115-148
Week 10	How Babies Talk (HBT)     Read pages 149-174 Infant-toddler Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (ITERS-R)     Read pages 35-45
Week 11	Field Observation 3      Activities
Week 12	Combined Report Paper
Week 13	Field Practcum     Activity implementation #4 - "Try This"
Week 14	How Babies Talk (HBT)     Read pages 175-233
Week 15	Reflective Summary
Students are asked to fill out an End of Semester Course and Instructor Evaluation.

 

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