(and those that care for young children)
Course Content
This
eleven week online parent education class, including a pre-course
assignment, is designed to give students flexibility in and accessibility
to obtaining parenting/working with children information. This
course will also provide a forum to share questions with other registered
parents, nannies, childcare providers, and the instructors teaching this
class.
The design of this course allows for two tracks: instructor generated and
an open forum for current concerns and support. For the instructor
generated track, we have chosen topics which, from our experience, have
proven to be areas about which parents/providers have voiced a need for
the latest research and information. These topics may range from multiple
intelligences to social development. The other track is designed as an
open forum where students can network with other classmates and
instructors to ask questions and provide support for each other.
Students will have a chance to practice skills with the children in their
care.
Course Goals
The goals of this course are:
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to increase parenting/working with children skills,
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to present opportunities for interaction, -
to accumulate a virtual library of articles and web links, -
to provide a mechanism for meeting the unique needs individual students, -
and to be a vehicle to receive, share, and discuss parenting/working with children information.
Course Expectations
Students are required to answer (in the Topic Discussion/Open Forum) at least 7 questions per topic, which averages approximately 3-4 per week. Students are also required to respond (in the Topic Discussion/Open Forum) to at least 4 other students' postings per topic. At the beginning of each topic assignment, the student is expected to read the assignment, follow the directions, and respond appropriately to other students' postings. Postings are expected which will reflect the results of the assignment and any additional thinking. There may be times when students will be required to work in groups or network with other students.
There are additional readings available for each topic. Students may choose or be asked to broaden the depth of their knowledge using the resources found in the complete virtual library.
Students may be asked to post bibliographical references and website locations that deal with the student/instructor-generated topic. We encourage students to add personal favorites to the articles, bibliographies, and web sites for each topic.
Additionally,
students are encouraged to post about any issue or concern not covered in
the course content.
Instructors: Val
Donato and Sandra Looper
Instructor Email: vdonato@sccd.ctc.edu
or slooper@sccd.ctc.edu
