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MODULE OBJECTIVES
In this module you will
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- Analyze teacher practices to determine which is most appropriate for an infant classroom
- Reflect upon the importance of individualizing routines in infant classrooms
- Identify a family for your Infant-Family Case Study
Activity #1: Overview of Teaching Infants
Complete this handout as you read and watch:
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- Quality of Infant Care: Investing in Relationships
- Barbre (2013) OR Responsive Caregiving (2016)
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Submit the completed handout on Blackboard (under ‘Assignments’ in ‘Module 5: Teaching Infants Readings & Video Handout’)
Watch Quality of Infant Care: Investing in Relationships The video is located in BMCC’s Library Academic Video Online: Premier database, follow these instructions or this video to access the video.
Link to Barbre (2013)
Barbre (2013) chap 1
Link to Responsive Caregiving (2016)
Responsive Caregiving (2016)Activity #2: Initial Contact with the Family of an Infant Report
The first step for your Infant/ Family Case Study is to find a family to work with. You should carefully choose the family. Select a family who:
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- Has a child who was born between July 2020 and December 2021, is 2 to 18 months old
- Is willing to be interviewed virtually for about 1 hour
- Enjoys talking to you about their child
- Is not someone you already know well*
After your approach the family to introduce yourself, explain the project, and ask if they are willing to participate, complete the Initial Contact with the Family of an Infant Report
*Choosing a family:
It is okay for you to choose a family you know, but please do not use a relative or close friend for this assignment. We tend to have ideas and opinions about the people we know well. For this project, the goal is to learn about a family and child, and that will be easier to accomplish if you do not work with someone already close to you. If you know a family well who fits the age range and other criteria, please let me and/or your peers know so one of your colleagues can work with that family.
When you contact the family, follow this protocol to help you introduce yourself, explain the project and ask if the family is willing to participate.
Family Contact Protocol Virtual
After you have identified the family for your Infant/ Family Case Study and they have agreed to participate in the project, complete the Initial Contact with the Family of an Infant Report and submit it in Blackboard (in ‘Assignments’ under ‘Initial Contact with the Family of an Infant Report’)
Link to Initial Contact with the Family of an Infant Report
Link to Initial Contact with the Family of an Infant Report (MS Word)
Initial Contact with Family Form
Activity #3: Self-Reflection
At Week 8 and Week 16 of the semester you will monitor your progress towards achieving your goals. Your learning, growth and progress towards achieving your goals will help to determine your grade for ECE 209. To monitor your progress towards meeting you goals, answer the questions below at the end of each module to document your progress over the semester.
- What did you learn in this week’s modules for ECE 209-Lecture and Seminar that connects to your goals?
- Information/ knowledge
- Skills
- Insights (connections you made or “ah-ha’s” you had about the material)
- How will the material from these modules help and support you to meet your goals?
