ECE 600 Ashford Wk 3 MAECEL Program Learning Outcome Annotated Bibliography MAECEL Virtual Toolbox – Tool #3 Annotated BibliographyThis assignment is designed to introduce you to each of the MAECEL Program Learning Outcome (PLO) content topics and to acquaint you with locating quality, scholarly sources of information required at the graduate degree level. This tool will be an asset to you throughout the program to support your research related to program topics.For this assignment, you will create an annotated bibliography (Links to an external site.). http://writingcenter.ashford.edu/annotated-bibliog…To begin, you will review the MAECEL PLOs (listed below) and locate at least one related scholarly, peer-reviewed source (Links to an external site.) ihttps://content.bridgepointeducation.com/curriculu… in the Ashford Library databases related to the content topic for each PLO. Use the MAECEL Source Guide to learn more about locating scholarly sources in the Ashford Library (Links to an external site.). https://content.bridgepointeducation.com/curriculu… To assist in your search for locating articles, key terms for each PLO are located in this week’s Instructor Guidance to support your development of this assignment.
PLO 1: Evaluate evidence-based theories and strategies aligned with early development and learning needs to support high quality learning environments. (NAEYC 1, 4)
PLO 2: Assess effective communication and collaboration strategies to positively influence partnerships with community agencies and families with young children. (NAEYC 1, 2)
PLO 3: Evaluate early childhood curricula designed to promote development and learning across all domains of development. (NAEYC 2,4,5)
PLO 4: Evaluate effective assessment and evaluation strategies, tools, and procedures designed to improve outcomes for young children, families, and programs. (NAEYC 2,3)
PLO 5: Design discipline-specific action research based on relevant theory and research methodology. (NAEYC 1,3,4,6)
PLO 6: Propose ethical solutions that promote educational transformation in the field of early childhood education. (NAEYC 6)
PLO 7: Construct a personal definition of leadership as an early childhood education professional. (NAEYC 6)
Content Expectations:The following content areas are required for this paper:
Introduction: Clearly establish the purpose of your paper with an introduction paragraph.
RefWorks account (optional): Using the Ashford Library information, you have the option to open your own RefWorks account to collect, annotate, and organize your library research articles.
Submit a screenshot of your RefWorks account overview page to demonstrate your completion of this step.
Program Learning Outcome 1: Please locate and review one scholarly, peer-reviewed source (Links to an external site.) related to this outcome.
Provide a citation for the article in APA style.
Summarize the article using your own words. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Explain how this article supports your understanding of the vocabulary, theories, practices, and/or skills related to the field of Early Childhood Education. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Share one question you have about this particular topic that you would like to learn more about in the program.
Program Learning Outcome 2: Please locate and review one scholarly, peer-reviewed source (Links to an external site.) related to this outcome.
Provide a citation for the article in APA style.
Summarize the article using your own words. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Explain how this article supports your understanding of the vocabulary, theories, practices, and/or skills related to the field of Early Childhood Education. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Share one question you have about this particular topic that you would like to learn more about in the program.
Program Learning Outcome 3: Please locate and review one scholarly, peer-reviewed source (Links to an external site.) related to this outcome.
Provide a citation for the article in APA style.
Summarize the article using your own words. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Explain how this article supports your understanding of the vocabulary, theories, practices, and/or skills related to the field of Early Childhood Education. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Share one question you have about this particular topic that you would like to learn more about in the program.
Program Learning Outcome 4: Please locate and review one scholarly, peer-reviewed source (Links to an external site.) related to this outcome.
Provide a citation for the article in APA style.
Summarize the article using your own words. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Explain how this article supports your understanding of the vocabulary, theories, practices, and/or skills related to the field of Early Childhood Education. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Share one question you have about this particular topic that you would like to learn more about in the program.
Program Learning Outcome 5: Please locate and review one scholarly, peer-reviewed source (Links to an external site.) related to this outcome.
Provide a citation for the article in APA style.
Summarize the article using your own words. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Explain how this article supports your understanding of the vocabulary, theories, practices, and/or skills related to the field of Early Childhood Education. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Share one question you have about this particular topic that you would like to learn more about in the program.
Program Learning Outcome 6: Please locate and review one scholarly, peer-reviewed source (Links to an external site.) related to this outcome.
Provide a citation for the article in APA style.
Summarize the article using your own words. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Explain how this article supports your understanding of the vocabulary, theories, practices, and/or skills related to the field of Early Childhood Education. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Share one question you have about this particular topic that you would like to learn more about in the program.
Program Learning Outcome 7: Please locate and review one scholarly, peer-reviewed source (Links to an external site.) related to this outcome.
Provide a citation for the article in APA style.
Summarize the article using your own words. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Explain how this article supports your understanding of the vocabulary, theories, practices, and/or skills related to the field of Early Childhood Education. This should be approximately one paragraph in length.
Share one question you have about this particular topic that you would like to learn more about in the program.
Conclusion: Wrap up your paper with a conclusion paragraph that summarizes the main purpose and key points of your paper.
Please see this week’s Instructor Guidance for further resources, supports, and examples related to this assignment.Research and Resource Expectations:
Source Requirement:
At least seven scholarly sources
Writing and Formatting Expectations:
Title Page: Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Academic Voice: Academic voice (Links to an external site.) is used (avoids casual language, limited use of “I”, and it is declarative).
Organization: Demonstrates logical progression of ideas.
Syntax and Mechanics: Writing displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
APA Formatting: Papers are formatted properly and all sources are cited and referenced in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
Suggested Assignment Length: This assignment should be about 3 to 4 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages). Running Head: MAECEL VIRTUAL TOOLBOX
MAECEL Virtual Toolbox
April Martin
ECE 600
Instructor: Kathy Hoover
March 30, 2020
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Ashford Graduate Student Expectations
As an Ashford graduate, I will need to take care of how I present myself, for instance,
while writing. Body language, verbal cues, emotion, and tone, written communication can be
easily misinterpreted. On the other hand, nuances like sarcasm and irony can make someone get
lost completely. Additionally, in case your readers are not personal acquaintances, they may be a
problem of discerning one’s meaning. One can only prevent misinterpretation by simply rereading his or her text before posting or sending it.
I will uphold and contribute to Ashford’s graduate culture by practicing proper netiquette
as a student in the MAECEL. This is one of the most significant issues with students, most of
them are found of inappropriate online behavior of online trolling, this portrays lack of civility
among students, and image is one of the critical things to represent since Ashford encourages
students to interact freely in a manner that fits the institution’s culture. Online graduate school
programs are becoming universal and more flexible, and one of the best choices to fit into a
working student schedule. On the other hand, these kinds of students are known for struggling to
do their best. Additionally, these kinds of students are optimistic, in the sense that, when this
kind of student their graduate schools, part of their success rely on their expectations. These
kinds of characters help students to use the available resources to ensure that they are successful
(Alexander, Ashford-Rowe, Barajas-Murph, Dobbin, Knott, McCormack & Weber, 2019).
ECE Professional Knowledge and Skills
Early childhood professional preparation standards help me in promoting child learning
and development. For instance, a student equipped in early childhood degree curricula is built in
a child growth knowledge base. They use their young children’s physiognomies of
understanding, with significant impacts of multiple interacting on the learning and development
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of the child, to make healthy environments, supportive, challenging, and respective for an early
child. On the other hand, the standards will build community and family relationships. Hence,
candidates are ready to understand successful early childhood education, which depends upon
relationships with children’s communities and families.
One of the areas of my strength is in observing, assessing, documenting to support the young
children and their families. For instance, I have a good understanding of child documentation,
observation, and assessment, which are the central practices of early childhood professionals. On
the other hand, I understand the benefits, goals, and uses of the evaluation (Campbell-Barr,
2019).
Planning for Success
Some of the skills that I would like to build on are prioritization and concentration in the
success of the MAECEL program. For instance, when it comes to prioritization, a child may fail
to submit his or her assignment because they probably do not know where to start. This means
prioritization skill is one of the tasks that a child needs all through his life, so it good for
someone to start early. On the other hand, whether a child is practicing his second-grade spelling,
it is essential that he work on schoolwork in an environment with minimum interruptions and
distraction. In such a situation, a parent or guardian is advised to turn off access to games and
any online platform when the child is using a computer for his homework.
On the other hand, I would like to expand on time management and organization in
support of my ECE experience. A child needs to be organized for him to succeed in school, this
skill will help me ac as one of the examples to children since organization starts from early
childhood, many students face challenges that are more related to lack of organization than the
intellectual ability. On the other hand, learning to schedule your time is one of the essential keys
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to success. For example, a student may have one week for his assignment, but he will wait until
the night before the assignment is due.
I will leverage the available Ashford Student Services through an online source, which is
accessible and includes range selections of scholarly journals and articles, academic, newspaper,
and other research tools. However, I can reach a librarian through the online classroom or the
student portal (Gomez, Jaramillo, Halpaap, Launois, Cuervo & Saravia, 2019).
Goal Setting
One of the academic goals that I would like to achieve is to finish the course successfully
and pass to my expectations. Some of the measures that I will put in place are attending all the
classes to avoid missing some lessons that may cost me later. On the other hand, by the end of
the MAECEL program, I would like to be one of the privilege students who might be considered
the best with the character, quality, and performance. This will be achieved through much
concentration on all topics throughout the course and online etiquette (Locke & Latham, 2019).
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References
Alexander, B., Ashford-Rowe, K., Barajas-Murph, N., Dobbin, G., Knott, J., McCormack, M., …
& Weber, N. (2019). EDUCAUSE Horizon Report 2019 Higher Education Edition (pp.
3-41). EDU19.
Campbell-Barr, V. (2019). Professional Knowledges for Early Childhood Education and Care.
Journal of Childhood Studies, 44(1), 134-146.
Gomez, L., Jaramillo, A., Halpaap, B., Launois, P., Cuervo, L. G., & Saravia, N. G. (2019).
Building research capacity through “Planning for Success”. PLoS neglected tropical
diseases, 13(8).
Locke, E. A., & Latham, G. P. (2019). The development of goal setting theory: A half century
retrospective. Motivation Science, 5(2), 93.
MAECEL Virtual Toolbox-Tool #2 Practical Application
of My Graduate Program
April Martin
ECE 600
Instructor: Kathy Hoover
Goals Upon Entering this Program
The first career goal is to gain knowledge in the field of early childhood so as to help children
make friends and work together.
Next is to help children work on gross and fine motor skills.
Another objective is to become an expert so as to help children develop independence and
self-confidence.
The next goal is to provide a nurturing and safe environment that help to instill a love of
learning among children.
Finally, my goal is to win a prestigious award for helping children to set up their future
academic success.
Goals Upon Entering this Program Cont…”
The field of early childhood has always been part and parcel of my life. My mother taught K-3 for
over 10 years, and my nephew served as a children’s librarian for 15 years.
I believe that the environment where I grew up in highly influenced my decision to pursue this
program.
Being surrounded by crayons, sounds of children playing, and children playing with toys make me
feel at home.
My happiness is seeing children understand how to read, write, and even express themselves
ethically.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s)
PLO 1, which centers on self-awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses, is aligned with
Standard 1.a because it helps to better understand the needs and characteristics of children
(NAEYC, 2009, p.11).
For example, when one knows how to identify personal strengths and weaknesses, he or she would
easily understand the needs of the children.
PLO 2, which focuses on learning from challenges, goes hand in hand with Standard 1.c because it
assists one to work in challenging learning environments (NAEYC, 2009, p.11).
PLO 3, which centers on proper organization of CAS events or activities, is aligned with Standard 3
because it supports one as he or she observe and document what children are doing (NAEYC, 2009,
p.13).
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s)
PLO 4, which encourages one to persevere even in tough times, is aligned with Standard 5
because it helps one to create meaningful and challenging curricula for each child (NAEYC, 2009,
p.16).
PLO 5, which encourages teamwork and collaboration with others, goes hand in hand with
Standard 2 and Standard 4 because it assists one to build good partnerships with children’s
communities and families (NAEYC, 2009, p.12).
PLO 6, which urges one to know and engage with current global issues, is aligned with Standard
6.C because it compels one to engage in continuous, collaborative learning to inform current
practices (NAEYC, 2009, p.17).
PLO 7, which encourages one to make the right ethical choices and actions, is aligned with
Standard 6.b because it helps to know and uphold ethical standards (NAEYC, 2009, p.17).
Tying it Together
PLO 1 supports career goals because it helps me to be versed with my strengths, thus helping me to assist
children to make friends and work together.
Mastering PLO 1 allows a proper understanding of the needs of the children.
PLO 2 help me to deal with challenging situations while assisting children to develop independence and
self-confidence.
PLO 3 helps me to organize the activities and events of children, thus supporting their lifelong
development.
PLO 4 to persevere during tough times and to deliver quality learning to children.
PLO 5 helps me to build teamwork with other professionals to ensure quality delivery of learning to
children.
PLO 6 to be up-to-date on current issues and to inform children on current issues.
PLO7 helps me to know and uphold ethical standards.
References
Brown, C. S., Cheddie, T. N., Horry, L. F., & Monk, J. E. (2017). Training to be
an early childhood professional: Teacher candidates’ perceptions about their
education and Training. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 5(6), 177186.
Cummings, C. (2016). New Early Childhood Teacher Feels Prepared for the
Profession. YC Young Children, 71(1), 56.
NAEYC. (2009). NAEYC Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation.
Retrieved from https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/globallyshared/downloads/PDFs/resources/positionstatements/2009%20Professional%20Prep%20stdsRevised%204_12.pdf
Sciaraffa, M. A. (2017). Community-Based Learning with Young Children in a
Child Development Center. In Field-Based Learning in Family Life Education
(pp. 91-109). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
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