Resources to encourage

Good Evening lovelies and Happy Friday! I hope you all had a fantastic week this week and your weekend is off to a great start.

As you all know, with the current state of our nation and all the controversy surrounding him and his presidency, there has been this new phenomenon of "fake news" or "alternative facts" -____-

With any good story, fact, news article, journal, or other source of information used to convey a persuasive opinion, there needs to be cold, hard FACTS to support the author's claims. I mean, what use would me claiming that the first American open-heart surgery was performed by an African-American surgeon, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, in 1863 without citing credible references? (Cobb,1944)  See.....You have to cite facts to support your claim for your own credibility as well as to legitimize your claims *drops mic*

So this week, we were disuccsing the credibility of resources and which ones to trust when in the world of academia. As educators, we cannot preach to our students to research and cite facts to support their claims from credible resources if we cannot do the same.

However, the first three resources are some of my own design where I feel could be beneficial to us Early childhood educators. I am a HUGE proponent of multi-culturalism in the classroom and reaffirming a Child's personal and cultural identity. Here a few resources to help us educators with those components in the classroom:

Kendall, F. E. (1983). Diversity in the Classroom: A Multicultural Approach to the Education of Young Children. Early Childhood Education Series. Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. Retrieved February 10, 2017


Trawick-Smith, J. (2013). Early childhood development: A multicultural perspective. Pearson Higher Ed. Retrieved February 10, 2017
Last Resource is a quote from one of my favorite Educators
We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences. Jane Elliot

• NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf

• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf

• NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

• NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf

• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller

• FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://community.fpg.unc.edu/sites/community.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/FPG_Snapshot_N33_EvidenceBasedPractice_09-2006.pdf

• Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53.

• Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

• Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf

• Websites:

• World Forum Foundation

• http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us

• This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the media segment on this webpage

• World Organization for Early Childhood Education

• http://www.omep-usnc.org/

• Read about OMEP's mission.

• Association for Childhood Education International

• http://acei.org/

• Click on "Mission/Vision" and "Guiding Principles and Beliefs" and read these statements.

• National Association for the Education of Young Children

• http://www.naeyc.org/

• The Division for Early Childhood

• http://www.dec-sped.org/

• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families

• http://www.zerotothree.org/

• WESTED

• http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

• Harvard Education Letter

• http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

• FPG Child Development Institute

• http://www.fpg.unc.edu/

• Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference

• http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

• HighScope

• http://www.highscope.org/

• Children's Defense Fund

• http://www.childrensdefense.org/

• Center for Child Care Workforce

• http://www.ccw.org/

• Council for Exceptional Children

• http://www.cec.sped.org/

• Institute for Women's Policy Research

• http://www.iwpr.org/

• National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education

• http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

• National Child Care Association

• http://www.nccanet.org/

• National Institute for Early Education Research

• http://nieer.org/

• Pre[K]Now

• http://www.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067

• Voices for America's Children

• http://www.voices.org/

• The Erikson Institute

• http://www.erikson.edu/

• YC Young Children

• Childhood

• Journal of Child & Family Studies

• Child Study Journal

• Multicultural Education

• Early Childhood Education Journal

• Journal of Early Childhood Research

• International Journal of Early Childhood

• Early Childhood Research Quarterly

• Developmental Psychology

• Social Studies

• Maternal & Child Health Journal

• International Journal of Early Years Education

Here are a few good resources for us Early childhood educators to keep in mind when conducting research:

Part 2: Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being

Note: Explore the resources in Parts 3 and 4 in preparation for this week's Application assignment.

Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library

Tip: Use the Journal option under Search & Find on the library website to find journals by title.