ECED 130Developmentally Appropriate Guidance in a Cultural Context

Catalog

PREREQUISITES: Demonstrated readiness for developmental English. CATALOG DESCRIPTION: This course examines culturally responsive approaches to early childhood education and teaching, emphasizing how objectivity, access, and connectedness influence children’s development and learning. Students explore how personal values, family structures, language, culture, and community contexts shape early learning experiences and professional relationships. The course highlights developmentally appropriate practices, anti-bias and multicultural education, trauma-informed care, and positive child guidance strategies that support respectful learning environments for all children and families. This course may require 8 hours of observation by video or in person, aligned to the Course Learning Objectives. For in person field experiences, students are required to meet personnel requirements for child care licensing which may include, but are not limited to: FBI fingerprints, 5 panel drug screen, TB test, physical/vaccination history, criminal history checks, CPS registry checks, reference checks, and completion of state licensing mandatory training modules- Health and Safety Modules 1-4, Intro to the Indiana Early Learning Standards, and Child Abuse Prevention and Detection or others that may apply or be requried by state law or by the early learning program.