ECED 2015: Early Childhood Education Curriculum (Davis) -- Spring 2008

ECED 2015: Early Childhood Education Curriculm

Instructor: Davis

Librarian: E. Scott

Diversity in Early Childhood Education

Students must prepare a 10 slide (minimum) PowerPoint Presentation using professional research journals addressing diversity in early childhood education.
The presentation should include your personal plan for incorporating diversity within a chosen unit. You may utilize lesson plans, books, songs, and other resources that will assist in promoting this area in child development.

Use the library catalog to find:

-- books

-- closed circuit videos

-- online books

-- online Government documents

. . . about your chosen topic.

For Example:

Sometimes as you search the catalog, you'll find an item that looks like this:

Notice the phrase [electronic resource] in the title and the location of Online netLibrary Book Collection -- these two items let you know that this book is a netLibrary online book. To read this book, click on the title, then click on the Read this ebook online link to read the book in NetLibrary.

Is it a Journal

or a Magazine???

	Professional Journal Articles		Magazine Articles
	have an author		may have an author
	are written by experts in the field		may be written by someone with no expertise in the field
	have sources at the end (references)		do not have sources at the end (references)
	written for specialists		written for the general public
	peer-reviewed		written for the general public
	may report new research or review past research		provide general interest stories

Journal Articles

To quickly locate articles from journals, visit some library databases, including:

EXAMPLES:

Be sure to choose the tab for "Academic Journals"

General OneFile will lead to some excellent journal articles on this topic.

Begin with the "Basic Search"

Be sure to also check the Related subjects link to find other useful subjects.

Wilson OmniFile Full Text will be an excellent source of good articles for this assignment. The example at the right will show you how to get started . . .

The Education Resources Information Center, or ERIC, is sponsored by the United States Department of Education.

Eric is an excellent resource for research in early childhood education.

Use Discovery Education streaming to find videos related to your topic!

Clips from Discovery Education can be downloaded and embedded into your PowerPoint presentation.

Use the Curriculum Standards Search to find videos appropriate to your topic and grade level.

Ask your librarian or instructor for the user id and password to access these databases off campus--or view instructions online.

Need help citing sources from Databases?

Be sure to visit the APA Citation Examples for Electronic Databases!

Internet Resources

CAUTION! Always be EXTREMELY careful when searching the Internet for sources.

Remember that ANYONE can publish a web page . . . so always ask yourself if the person who published the web page you may be looking at actually KNOWS more about the topic than you do!

Below are some selected online resources for you to review. Check them out!

American Academy of Pediatrics www.aap.org
Chattanooga Area Association for the Education of Young Children www.chattaaeyc.org

Consumer Product Safety Commission www.cpsc.gov/

Early Childhood Research and Practice
ecrp.uiuc.edu/

National Association for the Education of Young Children
www.naeyc.org

National Black Child Development Institute www.nbcdi.org

National Child Care Information Center nccic.org

National Education Association
www.nea.org

National Head Start Association
www.nhsa.org

National Network for Child Care
http://www.nncc.org/

National School Age Care Association
www.nsaca.org

Partnership for Families, Children, and Adults

partnershipfca.com/

Southern Early Childhood Association
www.SouthernEarlyChildhood.org

Stand for Children
www.stand.org

Tennessee Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.taeyc.org

Zero to Three
www.zerotothree.org/brainwonders

Please complete the Library Instructor Evaluation.

	Still have questions? Visit the library or contact the Reference Desk at 697-4436.
Spring 2008