Noncredit Course
Issues in Early Childhood Education: The Heart of Inspired Early Childhood Education
Event ID: S10342
Info: Mon Jul 13 (UH Mānoa, School of Architecture Auditorium) • 6:00-8:30pm • Jul 14-17 • Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri • 8:00am-3:30pm • 5 mtgs • Kapalama Media Center, Honolulu Community College, Building 2, 2nd floor • $300
With: Carolyn Pope Edwards, Linda Brown
Join us as Dr. Edwards shares her insights and current research on the heart of inspired early childhood education--relationships. The focus of this 4-day symposium is how to use the principles of relationship-based early childhood education to create the context for high quality environments, curriculum, and planning. Students will learn how to create `digital diaries` to enhance their ability to document children`s progress and reflectively assess their own practice. Topics:
- Attachments and relationships in young children`s development and learning
- The adult community in relationship-based programs
- Environments indoor and outdoors that soothe, stimulate, and foster connection
- Lessons from Reggio Emilia on continuity of care
- Comparisons to basic principles of Developmentally Appropriate Practice, NAEYC, 2009
- Using digital diaries to document children`s progress and teacher practice
Note: Offered as a noncredit option with no academic credit. For more information on the course or to register for the graduate credit section, e-mail Robyn Chun at the MEd ECE program rchun@hawaii.edu. Additional details on the credit class are also available at EDCS 656 (3 crs).
An offering of the MEd Early Childhood Education Program (ECE) at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Dr. Carolyn Pope Edwards is a Willa Cather Professor of Psychology and Child, Youth and Family Studies at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, specializing in cross-cultural studies of social development, moral and socio-cognitive development, and early childhood education. Dr. Edwards has written and lectured widely on such topics as creativity and children`s play in education, literacy, collaborative learning, moral development, and cross-cultural issues. She has held research positions abroad in countries including Norway, Kenya, and Reggio Emilia, Italy. She is author of numerous publications including The Diary of Laura: Perspectives on the Reggio Educational Diary (2008), The Hundred Languages of Children, 2nd Edition: The Reggio Emilia Approach, Advanced Reflections (1998) and the recently released Extending the Dance in Infant Toddler Caregiving: Enhancing Attachment and Relationships.
Linda Brown, Consultant, Maui Early Childhood Consulting, The Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children (HAEYC)/Hawaii Early Childhood Accreditation Project (HECAP)