EDEC 6623 - Advocacy/Activism in Early Childhood Studies Fall 2017 Instructor: Dr. Dina C. Castro Fall 2017: 8/28-12/15/2017 206 U Matthews Hall Class meeting time: Dina.Castro@unt.edu M: 5:30 PM-8:20 PM Office Hours: Mon. & Th.: 2:00pm-5:00pm Wooten Hall - 316 Graduate Assistant: Nydia Prishker – nydiaprishker@my.unt.edu Course Description This course examines advocacy issues in early childhood education focusing on the political agendas, perspectives, and program and policy issues involved in early childhood initiatives and service systems. Readings and discussions focus on the ways that advocates can influence emerging policies and programs to strengthen support systems and programs for young children and their families. Purpose This course is designed to identify current advocacy issues in the field of Early Childhood Studies and to design advocacy plans to address these problems. Students will actively discuss effective advocacy plans and determine how to raise awareness for improving local, state, and national early childhood education systems as well as how to encourage the involvement of parents and the community in and children’s families’ issues. Students will critically analyze current research in advocacy issues and conduct a pilot research study with local and state level advocacy organizations. By the end of this class, students will be ready to submit proposals to educational conferences and academic journals to share their findings. Required Text Cannella, G. S. & Soto Diaz, L. (2010). New York: Peter Childhoods: A Handbook. Lang. (ISBN 978-1-4331-0450-3) COURSE ASSIGNMENTS Class Participation (10%)–on-going
EDEC 6623 - Advocacy/Activism in Early Childhood Studies Fall 2017 Instructor: Dr. Dina C. Castro 206 U Matthews Hall Dina.Castro@unt.edu Office Hours: Mon. & Th.: 2:00pm-5:00pm Graduate Assistant: Nydia Prishker – nydiaprishker@my.unt.edu Fall 2017: 8/28-12/15/2017 Class meeting time: M: 5:30 PM-8:20 PM Wooten Hall - 316 Course Description This course examines advocacy issues in early childhood education focusing on the political agendas, perspectives, and program and policy issues involved in early childhood initiatives and service systems. Readings and discussions focus on the ways that advocates can influence emerging policies and programs to strengthen support systems and programs for young children and their families. Purpose This course is designed to identify current advocacy issues in the field of Early Childhood Studies and to design advocacy plans to address these problems. Students will actively discuss effective advocacy plans and determine how to raise awareness for improving local, state, and national early childhood education systems as well as how to encourage the involvement of parents and the community in children’s and families’ issues. Students will critically analyze current research in advocacy issues and conduct a pilot research study with local and state level advocacy organizations. By the end of this class, students will be ready to submit proposals to educational conferences and academic journals to share their findings. Required Text Cannella, G. S. & Soto Diaz, L. (2010). Childhoods: A Handbook. New York: Peter Lang. (ISBN 978-1-4331-0450-3) COURSE ASSIGNMENTS Class Participation (10%)–on-going
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