Module Objectives:

In this module you will:

1. Explore the requirements of ECE 209
2. Evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic could be impacting fetuses to be born
3. Determine the interplay between fetal development and parent development
4. Reflecting on what you have learned in this module

Activity #1: Scavenger Hunt

After exploring the Open Lab site and reading the Syllabus, Assignment Guidelines, Policies, and Course Guide for ECE 209-Lecture, answer the following questions:

1. How will your grade be determined for ECE 209-Lecture?
2. What criteria must each paper and project meet to earn points in ECE 209?
3. What papers and projects are due for ECE 209-Lecture?
   1. When are the papers and projects due?
   2. How many points is each paper or project worth?
4. How should you submit a paper for ECE 209-Lecture?
5. Name at least 2 places where you can find when work for ECE 209-Lecture
6. What should you do if you have a technical issue with Open Lab and/or cannot complete assignments by the due date?
7. What are my office hours?
8. What are the ways you can reach me?
9. What word should you include in your reply to a comment written by a colleague on Open Lab?
10. What should you do if you have a question for me?
11. When are modules due each week for ECE 209-Lecture?
12. When will ECE 209-L focus on:
    1. Curriculum in Infants Classrooms?
    2. Attachment?
    3. Cognitive development?

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Activity #2: Prenatal & Parental Development

Read Davis & Thompson (2014) and Diener (2021), complete this handout as you read

Davis & Thompson (2014)

Link to Diener 2021 reading

Watch the video What Babies Learn Before They are Born, complete this handout  while watching the video.

Watch the video Prenatal to Birth (the video is available from BMCC’s Library video data base Films on Demand, follow the steps on this handout or in this video to locate the video; I suggest completing this handout as you watch the video)

Answer the questions below, including and citing (this video explains how to cite) specific references to the videos and readings in this activity:

1. Think about specific parents and grandparents you know.
   1. How do the challenges they face as parents differ based on the age of their children?
   2. Do your observations fit with Galinsky’s stages of parenting? How?
   3. What contextual factors and sociocultural contexts impacted their parenting behaviors? How?
2. Based on fetal programming/ fetal origins theory, what impact could the fetal exposure to the COVID pandemic (not the virus) have on the later health and development of babies, children, teens, and adults?

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Activity #3: Self-Reflection

At the end of the semester you will help to determine your grade for ECE 209 based on your Self-Assessment of what you have learned. In preparation for your Self-Assessment, answer the questions below; you will answer these questions at the end of each module so you have a record of what you have learned over the semester. You can answer the questions here on Open Lab or create a journal on Blackboard (which would be private).

• What did you learn in this week’s modules for ECE 209-Lecture and Seminar?
  • Information/ knowledge
  • Skills
  • Insights (connections you made or “ah-ha’s” you had about the material)
• How will the material from these modules better prepare you to work with infants?

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