ECED 102 Parent and Child (1 credit)
Formerly ECE 140D
Prerequisite Child is enrolled in campus Child Development Center and department permission.
Course Description
Parents of children enrolled in the Pierce Child Development Centers. Develop collaboration between staff and families. Supporting the understanding of individual child development through the use of diverse learning modalities. Grade: Pass/No Pass.
Course Content
A. The physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development of young children.
B. Developmentally appropriate environments for children ages 3-4-5.
C. Developmentally appropriate expectations for children.
D. The value of play for young children.
E. Child guidance and discipline techniques.
F. Current issues of importance to families with young children.
G. Community resources for families.
Student Outcomes
1. Discuss the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children from infancy to age 5.
2. Explore and evaluate developmentally appropriate environments and materials for young children.
3. Use knowledge of children’s developmental stages to develop appropriate expectations and to respond to the needs of the child within the classroom and home environments.
4. Discuss the educational significance of play as children’s work.
5. Use appropriate methods of guidance and positive discipline through supportive interactions in the children’s classroom and in the home environment.
6. Discuss and evaluate individual family issues and engage in processes which identify potential solutions.
7. Access resources of benefit for individual family issues.
8. Explore, evaluate and adapt the classroom and home environment relative to the health and safety of young children.
Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.
Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.
Lecture Contact Hours 4
Lab Contact Hours 12
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 16
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