1. Who Are We - What it means to be an Early Childhood Educator
Code of Ethical Conduct - http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf
Early Education Advocates http://earlyeducationadvocates.org/
National Association for the Education of Young Children - http://www.naeyc.org/
ERIC Clearinghouse ECAP Collaborative - http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/index.html
The Future of Children Foundation - http://www.futureofchildren.org/
Alliance for Childhood - http://www.allianceforchildhood.org/
General abuse reporting guidelines - http://teaching.monster.com/benefits/articles/1929-reporting-child-abuse-and-neglect-mandatory-reporting-facts
Student Collaborative Notes - Google Docs

2. Observing and learning from Young Children
Observing Children - http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/nqsplp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/NQS_PLP_E-Newsletter_No39.pdf
Observation and Early Childhood Teaching - http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/201103/OurProudHeritage_Online0311.pdf
Assessing Young Children Appropriately - http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/earlycld/ea500.htm

3. Historical and Philosophical Foundations
Link to 14 Influential Educators
Student located Sites:
Robert Owen - http://www.newlanark.org/index2.shtml
Pestallozi - http://www.economist.com/images/cities/zur/history/JohannPestalozzi.jpg
Froebel - http://www.froebelfoundation.org/
Froebel - http://www.froebel.com
Peabody - https://www.naeyc.org/yc/files/yc/file/201305/0513_OPH_Elizbeth_Peabody.pdf
Montessori - http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/montessori/method/method.html
Montessori - http://www.bambini-montessori.com/
Dewey - http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-dewey.htm
Piaget - http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/piaget.html

4. Theoretical and Developmental Foundations -
Brain and Learning
Caine & Caine Brain/Mind Learning Principles - http://www.cainelearning.com/RESEARCHFOUNDATIONS/Brain-Mind-Principles.html
How people Learn - http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=6160
The Inner Life of Neurons -http://www.hms.harvard.edu/hmni/On_The_Brain/Volume04/Number2/SP95In.html
Practical Classroom Applications of Brain Research - http://www.brains.org/
Selected ERIC Abstracts on Brain-based Learning - http://www.ascd.org/educationnews/eric/brainabs.html
How can research on the brain inform education - http://www.sedl.org/scimath/compass/v03n02/brain.html

Piaget's Theory
Biography - http://www.unige.ch/piaget/biographies/biog.html
TIP, Piaget - http://tip.psychology.org/piaget.html
Cognitive Development - http://classweb.gmu.edu/awinsler/ordp/cogdev.html
Piaget Links - http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/cogsci.html#piaget

Vygotsky
Profile - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Vygotsky
Social Cultural Theory - http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/soc_cult.html#vygotsky
Social Development Theory - http://tip.psychology.org/vygotsky.html

Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
GLEF, Video Clips and interviewof Gardner discussing his theory - http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-howard-gardner-video
Project Zero - http://www.pzweb.harvard.edu/
GLEF, The Key Learning Community - http://www.edutopia.org/key-learning-community
GLEF, TheKey to Learning - http://www.edutopia.org/key-to-learning-place-for-meaningful-academic-exploration
ERIC, Multiple Intelligences, Gardner's Theory - http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed410226.html
Thomas Armstrong, Theory of MI - http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/multiple_intelligences.htm
Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences Inventory - http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm#Multiple%20Intelligences%20Explained
Walter Mckenzie’s Multiple Intelligence pages - http://surfaquarium.com/MI/
Who Owns Intelligence by Howar Gardner - http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99feb/intel.htm
One Intelligence or Many - http://www.personalityresearch.org/papers/paik.html
Indiana, Human Intelligence (see hot topics) - http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eintell/
Intelligence Theory - http://www.edwebproject.org/edref.mi.hist.html

Constructivism
TIP, Bruner and Constructivism - http://tip.psychology.org/bruner.html
Funderstanding, Constructivism - http://www.funderstanding.com/constructivism.cfm
The Courage to be Constructivist - http://www.ascd.org/publications/ed_lead/199911/brooks.html
Classroom Compass - http://www.sedl.org/scimath/compass/v01n03/
Constructivism links - http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html
Constructivist Learning Theory - http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/constructivistlearning.html
Constructivism in Teacher Education - http://www.eric.ed.gov:80/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/17/45/cd.pdf
Constructivism and Education - http://www.math.upatras.gr/%7Emboudour/articles/constr.html
Constructivism and Teaching - http://www.grout.demon.co.uk/Barbara/chreods.htm
Essays on Constructivism - http://www.towson.edu/csme/mctp/Essays.asp

Maslow
Abraham Maslow - http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/maslow.html
A Theory of Human Motivation - original paper - http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Maslow/motivation.htm
Maslow’s Theory applied to Education - http://web.cortland.edu/andersmd/maslow/homepage.html

5.Play and Exploration as the catalyst for learning
Alison Gopnik video
Why Children Need to Play - http://www.allianceforchildhood.org/sites/allianceforchildhood.org/files/file/Kindergarten_8-page_summary.pdf
The Nature of Children's play - http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed307967.html
Culture and Development in Children's Play - http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/ehyun/10041/culture_and_development_in.htm
The business of kids - http://www.nncc.org/Curriculum/better.play.html
The Worksheet Dilemma - http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?FuseAction=Article&A=134
The Importance of Play - http://www.babybag.com/articles/chldplay.htm
Reserach comparing Constructivist Play Environment vs Direct Instruction - http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1997/schwei97.html

6. Developmentally and Culturally Appropriate Practice -
NAEYC Position Statement - DAP: http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/PSDAP98.PDF#xml
DAP Key Messages - http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/KeyMessages.pdf

ERIC, DAP What the Research Tells us - http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1997/dunn97.html
NCREL - http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/instrctn/in5lk5.htm
Developmentally Appropriate and Culturally Responsive Education - http://www.nwrel.org/cfc/publications/DAP2.html
DAP in ECE - http://www.ed.psu.edu/k-12/edpgs/su96/ece/dap1.html
The implications of Culture in Developmental Norms - http://ericec.org/digests/e589.html

Beyond the DAP Guidelines: Emphasizing Culture over Development in a Hawaiian Kindergarten - http://convention.allacademic.com/aera2004/view_paper_info.html?pub_id=4173&part_id1=26205

Critique of DAP - http://www.illinoisloop.org/dap.html
http://www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15566935eed0202_4?journalCode=eed

7. Practical Program Applications -
ECE Models - Grid of Resource links

8. Ecological Pedagogy of Place -
Place Based Education Evaluation Cooperative - http://www.peecworks.org/index
The Promise of Place - http://www.promiseofplace.org/what_is_pbe
The Center for Place Based Education - http://www.antiochne.edu/anei/cpbe/

9. Social Justice in the Curriculum -
Social Justice in the curriculum

10. Supporting All Learners: -
Stages of Play Development in Delayed Chidlren - http://www.braintraining.com/PlayStages.htm
Oregon Dept. of Education: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=40

Don't Laugh At Me - http://www.esrnational.org/sp/or.htm
Don't Laugh at Me Registration:
http://inter.viewcentral.com/events/cust/register.asp?company_login_id=dontlaugh&pid=1&cbClass=1&lid=2

12. Technology and ECE -
Special Class Resources Page
Class WebQuest

. The Government - NCLB, and Current Issues -
Special Class Resource Page

No Child Left Behind Readings:
US Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml?src=ln
US Gov. Desktop References - http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/nclbreference/index.html
NCLB Explained - http://web.wm.edu/ttac/articles/legal/nclb.htm
Changes Brought About by NCLB - http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/articleprintversion.cfm?aid=4416
Promises Made by NCLB - http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11047998&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6

Crtical Analysis
Rethinking Schools: NCLB - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/bushplan/index.shtml
National Center for Fair and Open Testing - http://www.fairtest.org/nattest/bushtest.html
Let Them Eat Tests - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/16_04/Eat164.shtml
No Child Left - http://nochildleft.com/

Student Inspiration documents - No Child Left Behind

. Parent, Family and Community Involvement -
NCREL Resources - http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/pa0cont.htm
NCREL Creating the School Climate - http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa300.htm
Government Resources - http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FamInvolve/index.html
School-Family-Community Partnership - http://www.cesdp.nmhu.edu/toolkit/index.html
National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education - http://www.ncpie.org/
National Coalition for Parental INvolvement in Education - http://www.ncpie.org/DevelopingPartnerships/
The Impact of School Family Partnership (SFP) on Parents' Attitudes and Children Reading and Writing in First Grade
http://www.eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED468078&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED468078

Student Notes - Communicating, Meeting the needs

.Building Classroom Community Through Guidance
Forrest Gathercoal Homepage - http://www.dock.net/gathercoal/judicious_discipline.html
Alfie Kohn Articles - http://www.alfiekohn.org/articles.htm#null

. Student Presentations and Resources
Previous Presenters:
Stephanie McBride '04- Teaching English as a Second Language
Logan Okita 04- The Whole Language Debate
Katy Anholt 05- http://www.lclark.edu/~anholt/KatyAnholtPoetry/

Extra topic Materials
Preschool, Kindergarten and Primary Grades -