ECE 230: Teaching in a Diverse Society
C-ID Descriptor
ECE 230 C-ID Course Descriptor Links to an external site.
OER Textbook
The Role of Equity and Diversity in Early Childhood Education by Krischa Esquivel, Emily Elam, Jennifer Paris, and Maricela Tafoya (College of the Canyons)
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Derivative of the book that can be used at any college in Word Download Word and PDF Download PDF
This book is available in LibreText Links to an external site..
Additional OER/ZTC Options
The following are some additional resources that faculty can use to teach the course. Some may be OER and others may copyrighted resources faculty can use to teach the course with no associated costs for digital access (often referred to a Zero Textbook Cost, or ZTC).
- There is a small portion on culture Links to an external site. in this Lumen Course on Child Development is licensed CC BY 4.0 Links to an external site.
- The Teaching Tolerance website Links to an external site. by the Southern Poverty Law Center provides free resources to educators (including readings, activities and teaching strategies). They are copyrighted.
- Portions of Foundations and Current Issues of Early Childhood Education wikibook (which is licensed CC-BY-SA 3.0) Links to an external site.have content related to diversity in ECE,
- Understanding Assessment: Effects of Cultural Bias on Childhood Development Links to an external site.is a reading by Dr. Catherine (Cate) Crowley. It is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Links to an external site. (which means it cannot be altered, but it can be reused without modification)
- This course on Intercultural Education Links to an external site.which includes content on intercultural relationships, cultural differences, social conflict, cultural spaces, cultural competence is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US Links to an external site..
- Additional resources can be found in the Teaching in a Diverse Society thread Links to an external site. on the Early Childhood Education OER Collaboration Google Group. The licensing of these resources varies and should be confirmed before use.