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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care (Birth-5): ECTPP203A Brain Development and Cognitive Learning

Prescribed and Recommended Texts

Child development and learning (2019) - eBook and book by Susanne Garvis; Sivanes Phillipson; Sharryn Clarke; Linda Harrison; Jane McCormack; Donna Pendergast

Readings

Alberta Family Wellness. (2013, October 19). How brains are built: The core story of brain development [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/LmVWOe1ky8s
Australian Early Development Census. (n.d.). Brain development in children.
AEDC. http://www.aedc.gov.au/resources/resources-accessible/brain-development-in-children
Australian Early Development Census. Early childhood.
https://www.aedc.gov.au/early-childhood
Baroncelli, L., Braschi, C., Spolidoro, M., Begenisic, T., Sale, A., & Maffei, L. (2010). Nurturing brain plasticity: Impact of environmental enrichment. Cell Death and Differentiation, 17(7), 1092-1103.
https://doi.org/10.1038/cdd.2009.193
Bernard, K., Peloso, E., Laurenceau, J., Zhang, Z., & Dozier, M. (2015). Examining change in cortisol patterns during the 10-week transition to a new child-care setting. Child Development, 86(2), 456-471.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12304
Bick, J., & Nelson, C. A. (2016). Early adverse experiences and the developing brain.
Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews, 41, 177-196. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.252
Boyd, L. (2015, December 16). After watching this, your brain will not be the same [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/LNHBMFCzznE
Castel, A. D., Murayama, K., Friedman, M. C., McGillivray, S., & Link, I. (2013). Selecting valuable information to remember: Age-related differences and similarities in self-regulated learning. Psychology and Aging, 28(1), 232-242.
https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030678
Center on the Developing Child. (2007). InBrief: The science of early childhood development.
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/inbrief-science-of-ecd/
Chatzipanteli, A., Grammatikopoulos, V., & Gregoriadis, A. (2014). Development and evaluation of metacognition in early childhood education. Early Childhood Development and Care, 184(8), 1223-1232.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2013.861456
David Grubin Productions. (2012, May 1). PBS The secret life of the brain: The baby's brain [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/MS5HUDVNbGs
Deans, J., Klarin, S., Liang, R., & Frydenberg, E. (2017). All children have the best start in life to create a better future for themselves and for the nation. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 42(4), 78–86.
https://doi.org/10.23965/AJEC.42.4.09
Diamond, A., & Whitington, V. (2015). Studying early brain development: Educators’ reports about their learning and its applications to early childhood policies and practices. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 40(3), 11-19.
https://doi.org/10.1177/183693911504000303
Diamond, A., Barnett, W., Thomas, J., & Munro, S. (2007). Preschool program improves cognitive control. Science, 318, 1387-1388.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1151148

Fitzgerald, B. (2014, June 4). Improving early childhood development with words [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/y8qc8Aa3weE
Fleer, M. (2011). 'Conceptual play': Foregrounding imagination and cognition during concept formation in early year's education. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 12(3), 224-240.
https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2011.12.3.224
Fleer, M., Veresov, N., Harrison, L., & Walker, S. (2017). Working with teachers’ pedagogical strengths: The design of executive function activities for play-based programs. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 42(4), 47-55.
https://doi.org/10.23965/AJEC.42.4.06
Gopnik, A. (2011, October 11). What do babies think? [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/cplaWsiu7Yg
Harris, P. (2015). What children learn from questioning. Educational Leadership, 73(1), 24-29.
Herrman, P. A., French, J. A., DeHart, G. B., & Rosengren, K. S. (2013). Essentialist reasoning and knowledge effects on biological reasoning in young children. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 59(2), 198-220.
http://doi.org/10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.59.2.0198
Katz, L. (2015). Distinctions between academic and intellectual goals for young children. Exchange, 226, 18-20.
Leggett, N., & Ford, M. (2013). A fine balance: Understanding the roles educators and children play as intentional teachers and intentional learners within the Early Years Learning Framework. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 38(4), 42-50.
https://doi.org/10.1177/183693911303800406
Lemon, N., & Garvis, S. (2014). Encouraging reflective practice with future early childhood teachers to support the national standards: An Australian case study. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 39(4), 89-94.
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=100402441&site=ehost-live&scope=site&authtype=shib&custid=s8715057
Li, L., Wang, J., & Wu, J. (2012). A spatial model to predict the incidence of neural tube defects. BMC Public Health, 12(1), 951-960.
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-951
McEwen, B. S. (2012). Brain on stress: How the social environment gets under the skin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(Suppl. 2), 17180-17185.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1121254109

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2009). Young children develop in an environment of relationships: Working paper 1. Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University.
https://harvardcenter.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/04/Young-Children-Develop-in-an-Environment-of-Relationships.pdf
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2011). Building the brain's "air traffic control" system: How early experiences shape the development of executive function: Working paper 11.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/How-Early-Experiences-Shape-the-Development-of-Executive-Function.pdf
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2014). Excessive stress disrupts the architecture of the developing brain: Working paper 3. Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University.
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2005/05/Stress_Disrupts_Architecture_Developing_Brain-1.pdf
Newman, L., Sivaratnam, C., & Komiti, A. (2015). Attachment and early brain development: Neuroprotective interventions in infant-caregiver therapy. Translational Developmental Psychiatry, 3(1).
http://doi.org/10.3402/tdp.v3.28647
O'Connor, C., & Joffe, H. (2013). Media representations of early human development: Protecting, feeding and loving the developing brain. Social Science and Medicine, 97, 297-306.
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.048
Paul, A. M. (2011, December 18). Ted.com talk - What babies learn before they're born [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/vgvfvdFFrb4
Prado, E. L. & Dewey, K. G. (2014). Nutrition and brain development in early life. Nutrition Reviews, 72(4), 267-284.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nure.12102
Purdon, A. (2014). Sustained shared thinking in an early childhood setting: An exploration of practitioners’ perspectives. Education 3-13, 44, 1-19.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2014.907819
Rehealthify. (2014, July 22). Neural tube defects: What you need to know [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/dbnvN3RTuzg
Salmon, A. K. (2010). Engaging young children in thinking routines. Childhood Education, 86(3), 132-137.
Salmon, A. K. (2010). Tools to enhance young children's thinking. YC: Young Children, 65(5), 26-31.
Tayler, C., Cloney, D., & Niklas, F. (2015). A bird in the hand: Understanding the trajectories of development of young children and the need for action to improve outcomes. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 40(3), 51-60.
http://doi.org/10.1177/183693911504000308
TED. (2011, November 30). Annie Murphy Paul: What we learn before we're born [Video]. YouTube.
University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development. (2013, February 27). Child development core story, part 1: Brain architecture [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/SpqLzFew9bs
Yamada, Y., Kanazawa, H., Iwasaki, S., Tsukahara, Y., Iwata, O., Yamada, S., & Kuniyoshi, Y. (2016). An embodied brain model of the human foetus. Scientific Reports, 6.
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep27893