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Create a statement of commitment that embodies details from your Week 2 discussions regarding professional and ethical obligations, as well as your commitment to federal laws and programs that effect your current or future career (from your first discussion this week)

Now that you have analyzed the role that professional standards and policy play in the lives of the children, families and staff in your care, it is important to model your commitment to these important ideals. By creating a statement of commitment, you not only hold yourself and your school or center accountable, but you […]

What are the five most important “big ideas” related to the NAEYC Professional Standards and Code of Ethics that you learned about in this course?

As a graduate student in the MAECEL program, you have chosen to take charge of your own professional development and have made a deep commitment to the field of early childhood education. In the MAECEL program, you will gain professional knowledge and skills aligned with the professional standards and expectations in the field. Additionally, several […]

Describe how attachment experiences affect the psychosocial development of children and adolescents.

Prior to completing this assignment, read Chapters 1 and 13 in the textbook and the Effects of Attachment Disorder on Psychosocial Development article. Additionally, watch the video segments Patterns of Attachment and the Strange Situation: Results, and Elements of Attachment Theory, and the video Inside Out-The Growing Years: Conception to Childhood. Research has shown that […]

identify the constructivist examples and explain why each example is or isn’t a constructivist activity in 20 words or less.”

Go to the Internet Resources at https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/default.aspx and choose three standards in your content area. Develop for each standard learning objectives in each category: cognitive, affective and psychomotor using the examples: Examples of Well-written Objectives Below are some example objectives which include Audience (A), Behavior (B), Condition (C), and Degree of Mastery (D). Note that many objectives […]