CHDV C106 Content Review
Advisory
CHDV C100
and
CHDV C106 requires students to already have a basic understanding of child development as a professional field that supports children's growth and development. CHDV C100 provides an introduction to the field of child development, the history of early childhood education, different types of programs and requirements, developmental domains, basic theories of development, and the skills necessary to be successful in this field. The knowledge and skills developed in C100 ensures that students are at least familiar with the theoretical concepts and developmental domains being applied in C106.
Advisory Reading - 1 Level Prior to Transfer
and
Reading Level 1 skills prepare students to succeed in CHDV C106 by ensuring they have the skills to read textbooks, journal articles, and assigned readings, and are able to make connections between regulations, developmental theory, and program best practices. The ability to make these connections adequately prepares students to participate in discussions, formulate answers for quizzes and exams, and summarize materials read. Reading Level 1 skills also ensure students have the ability to identify central points, evaluate sources, distinguish fact from opinion, identify bias, and draw inferences, all important skills when learning how to work with young children.
Advisory Writing - 1 Level Prior to Transfer
In CHDV C106 students are expected to write summaries of text chapters, journal articles, observations, and assigned readings as well as to make connections between their observations of young children's development with developmental theory and program best practices. Writing Level 1 skills prepare student to succeed in CHDV C106 by ensuring they are able to write short essays that synthesize observations, lectures, and assigned readings that are free of major spelling and grammatical errors. Writing Level 1 skills ensure that students are able to compose a formal research paper from multiple sources including finding, evaluating, organizing, and synthesizing college-level reading materials and to construct a detailed outline and annotated bibliography that projects the structure of the research paper and reflects the extent of their literature search and the relevance of the sources chosen. Writing Level 1 skills prepare students to use the corrected proof of their outline to draft a research paper that is properly formatted and written in clear, grammatically correct prose.