EDUC& 150 Child, Family, and Community (3 credits)
Formerly ECE 230
Course Description
Integrate the family and community contexts of young children. Explore cultures and demographics of families in society, community resources, strategies for involving families in the education of their child, and tools for effective communication.
Course Content
A. The family as an institution
B. Family’s role in children’s education
C. Effective communication processes and respectful interactions
D. Professional boundaries for the educator
E. Parent Education: topics and methods of presentation
F. Parent involvement in the classroom
G. Inclusion of family cultures within the classroom
H. Problem solving processes and conflict resolution
I. Conferences and Home Visits
J. Community Resources for families
Student Outcomes
1. Evaluate and describe the cultural influences, social issues, changes and transitions that affect children, families, schools and communities.
2. Examine the concept of family, school, peers, media and community as socialization agents.
3. Analyze strategies that empower families to establish and maintain collaborative relationships to support the growth and development of children.
4. Identify how one’s own family history and life experiences may impact relationships with children and families.
5. Identify community services and agencies that support the needs of children and families and establish resource and referral systems for parents and educators.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome:
OUTCOME 2. BUILDING FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS Students articulate the complex characteristics of children’s families and communities and use this understanding to create respectful, reciprocal relationships that support and empower families, and to engage all families in their children’s development and learning.
2a: Describe diverse family and community characteristics.
2b: Develop and implement strategies to support and engage families and communities through respectful, reciprocal relationships.
2c: Develop and implement plans to engage families and communities in young children’s development and learning.
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30
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