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EDUC 148
Early Childhood Development (sample course)
Dr. A. Rivera · 2026 Summer · Week 2 / 6
Grading
Weekly discussion posts 30% (6 × 5%) · Two preschool observations 30% (15% each) · Final project 30% · Participation 10%
Late policy
Discussion posts close at 11:59 pm Wednesday; no late posts. Observations lose 10% per day late, up to three days.
AI-use rules
AI tools may be used to brainstorm and to check grammar; the analysis and the writing must be your own, and any AI use must be stated in a note at the end of the assignment.
Where points get lost
Missing two discussion posts in a row triggers a check-in email; missing three is grounds for being dropped.
Key dates
Observation #1 due Sat Week 3 · Observation #2 due Sat Week 4 · Final project due Sat Week 6
Contacts
arivera@example.edu — replies within 24 hours on weekdays. Office hours by appointment (Zoom).
Generated after a Canvas sync or a syllabus upload; dates the syllabus gets wrong are flagged for you to check.
Bring this course's materials in from Canvas
Sure — pulling this course from BruinLearn. Once it's in, should I also write study notes, highlights and the week summary?
Fetch + write notesFiles only- · Reading modules, pages, assignments and linked files…
· Brought in: 29/29 files; 7 deadlines.
· Missed · 2 videos: no captions — add by hand.
· Wrote the info card from the syllabus. ⚠ Check a syllabus date · Observation #1 (6/27): written as W, but 6/27 is a Saturday.
Also understands "what's due this week", "help me draft Observation #1", "write notes for this week". Vague requests get a question back; anything running can be stopped.
Why the early years matter
- FileRivera — Four Reasons the Early Years Matter (course reading)Notes ready
- LinkCourse syllabus overview page (Canvas)
- + Drop a PDF / Word / PPT / recording, or paste a link — videos via captions, recordings transcribed
Study notes · bilingual
The reading argues that the first years of life set the foundations for later learning, because the brain builds circuits in order and later skills rest on earlier ones. Its central mechanism is serve-and-return interaction: a child initiates, an adult responds, and each exchange strengthens language and self-regulation circuits. Effective programs work by improving these interactions rather than adding drill.
Key sentences
“Skills that arrive late — flexible attention, self-control, the ability to hold a plan in mind — depend on foundations laid in the first years.” — p.1
The 'built in order' claim is what justifies investing early rather than remediating later.
Key terms
- serve-and-return — a back-and-forth exchange in which a child initiates and an adult responds; the basic unit of early brain building
- buffering adult — a caregiver whose presence keeps a child's stress response from staying switched on
In the Chinese interface notes are bilingual (Chinese to read fast, English to speak in class); the English interface is English only. Add your own annotations on the original text.
Week 2 — Play and friendship Play is presented as the workshop for executive function and self-regulation; pretend play adds symbolic thinking; friendship is where the practice gets hard. The teacher's job is to protect long play and narrate social moments rather than resolve them. Questions to ask the professor - For Observation #1, is a 20-minute block of free play enough to see executive function, or should we observe a transition too? - How do we handle a parent who reads 'play-based' as 'no teaching'?
- Week 1 Discussion Postin 2 days
- Week 2 Discussion Postin 9 days
- Observation #1 — preschool visit write-upin 19 days
Assignments and due dates sync from Canvas; syllabus dates are only cross-checked and flagged when wrong. The dashboard and term page gather every course's week.
Pick a Canvas assignment → write your ideas → get a draft
The draft organises your own points and leaves [placeholders] where you still need to add substance — it never invents content. It reads the Canvas rubric, this week's notes and your writing style.
Against the rubric
- Cites this week's readings and explains a concept — covered (paras 2–3)
- Connects to a specific observed moment — partial; add your observation notes
- Proposes one concrete teaching change — missing
Also here: emails to the professor (with their profile from Bruinwalk / Rate My Professors and research background), quiz & flashcards built from your notes, and live transcription in class.
Transfer progress
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