IECER - 2011 Summer Institute
Early Childhood Curricula: Reconceptualist Perspectives
This course is designed to engage educators and professionals working with young children (ages 3 – 8) in critically examining, addressing, and responding to current curricula and policy changes related to early childhood education on national and provincial levels.
Program Description
Changes, such as transitioning to full day kindergarten, implementation of new curricula guides, shifting responsibility for early learning to Ministries of Education, and providing public education to four year olds, offer unique opportunity for educators and researchers to re-imagine new meanings for childhood, learning, literacy, and assessment. Through readings, presentations, and discussions of the Reconceptualist’s perspectives, students will be invited to re-consider their understandings of the ECE curricula in ways that open up spaces for creating pedagogical situations that are more responsive to children’s identities, socio-cultural, and political contexts.
Instructors
Pam Whitty is a professor of early childhood literacies and curriculum at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. She is also Director of the Early Childhood Centre in the Faulty of Education, and co-director of the New Brunswick Curriculum Framework research and development project at UNB. She is co-author of numerous curriculum documents, and has developed and co-lead workshops in early childhood literacies and early childhood curriculum. In addition, she has written children’s picture books, and received numerous grants from various funding agencies to research early literacies and early childhood. She recently won a provincial early childhood literacy award, and co-edited a text on re-conceptualizing early childhood curriculum. Currently, she is working with First Nations communities on issues related to early learning and care, and transitions to school.
Luigi Iannacci is an associate professor at Trent University in Ontario, Canada where he teaches and coordinates language and literacy and special needs learners focused courses. He is the past president of the Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada (LLRC). He has co-authored Early childhood curricula and the de-pathologizing of childhood with Dr. Rachel Heydon, and co-edited Early childhood curricula: Reconceptualist perspectives with Dr. Pam Whitty. His research interests include language and literacy, early childhood education, critical multiculturalism, disability studies, and narrative research methodologies. He can be reached at luigiiannacci@trentu.ca, or visit his website.
Admission/Registration
There are two registration options:
For Credit:
ECED 480A/96A or ECED 565E/96A - Current UBC students should register through the Student Service Centre.
All non-UBC students wishing to take the course for credit (either graduate or undergraduate) must first be admitted to the UBC Faculty of Education.
For undergraduate admission information, click here or contact Maureen Shepherd in the Teacher Education Office.
Non-Credit:
See below.
Tuition and Fees
Tuition fees are set by the university and are subject to change.
- Diploma: $513.19 plus student assessed fees (see below)
- Unclassified: $460.84 plus student assessed fees (see below)
- Plus Student Assessed Fees (read more)
Non-Credit Registration
Non-Credit:
If you would like to attend as a non-credit participant, please use the online registration option below. We strongly recommend that you review the FAQs for Non-credit registration. Please note, if you register for non-credit you can not switch to credit once the course has begun.
- Non-Credit Tuition: $513.19
Full payment is required with your registration in order to reserve your space.
If you are a teacher and have a Tuition Fee Certificate, you can use the certificate to register as a non-credit participant. The certificate only covers the cost of the institute fee, it does not cover the cost of course materials or any other fees.
