Overview
Description
Focus on understanding socialization of children with a particular focus on parent involvement and family engagement in early childhood/school settings for education majors.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- ECE or HDFS majors only.
HDFS 201
Recommended Preparation
HDFS 250
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
HDFS 201; ECE or HDFS majors only.
Recommended Preparation
HDFS 250.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Restrictions
ECE or HDFS majors only.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- discuss the socialization process and identify major socialization contexts and their functions.
- assess some characteristics, strengths, and needs of parents and families of children to design an effective family engagement program.
- discuss how various aspects of early childhood education and school influence child socialization.
- discuss the mass media/technology effects on children and analyze socialization messages sent by the mass media and the possible effects of these messages on children.
- explain the importance of partnerships between families, ECE/schools, and communities using various theoretical frameworks.
- identify the barriers to building reciprocal communication and partnerships between parents/families, ECE/schools, and communities.
- develop strategies for enhancing and promoting reciprocal communication and the partnerships between parents/families, ECE/schools, and communities.
- evaluate the effectiveness of strategies that support reciprocal communication and partnerships between parents/families, ECE/schools, and communities.