Let us take care of the children
For they have a long way to go.
~ Nelson Mandela
Every summer the Institute for Early Childhood Education & Research hosts two Summer Institutes: one focused on a special topic in early childhood education in general, usually in early July; and a second of particular interest to Infant Development and Supported Child Development (IDSC) professionals, usually in late July or August.
These one- to three-week summer institutes can be taken for credit (3 credits) or for professional development purposes (non-credit). Registration for the Summer Institutes is open to early childhood professionals, teachers, and students.
2011 Summer Institutes: Early Chilldhood Curricula: Reconceptualist Perspective (ECED 480A/ECED 565B)
With Drs. Pam Whitty and Luigi Iannacci July 4-8, 2011
2010 Summer Institute: Kindergarten Institute (In light of the BC government decision to move to a full day kindergarten in British Columbia's public schools over the course of the next two years, IECER offered two Kindergarten courses: ECED 416 and ECED 417)
2009 Summer Institute: Building Bridges: Pre-Kindergarten and Elementary Collaborations (ECED 480/ECED565)
2008 Summer Institute: The Power of Materials for Thinking and Communication (ECED 480/ECED 565)
2007 Summer Institute: Frameworks for Creating Generative Learning (ECED 480)
2006 Summer Institute: Pedagogical Documentation (ECED 380/ECED 565)
2005 Summer Institute: In Dialogue with Reggio Emilia: Examining Principles of the Reggio Emilia Pedagogical Philosophy (ECED 380)
2011 IDSC Summer Institute (ECED 380A/ECED 565E). Contemporary Assessment of Young Children: Issues and Practice
With Dr. Vanessa La Pointe, July 25 - August 5, 2011.
2010 IDSC Summer Institute: Advances in Assessment and Intervention Practices in Early Childhood Intervention with Dr. Carl J. Dunst, Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute, Asheville, North Carolina.
2011 Fall Event: Considering Young Children's Participation Rights in Educational Contexts:
A conversation with Dr. Linda Farr Darling
November 17, 2011
2010 Fall Institute: The Power of Video Documentation
2008 Fall Institute: Encounters with ART and Gender with Noted Scholar Bronwyn Davies
2008 Fall Institute: Captured by A R T
2007 Fall Institute: Moved by A R T
2006 Fall Institute: Provoked by A R T
2005 Fall Institute: Inspired Teaching: Exploring Early Childhood Practice that Nurtures Children’s Identities and Potential
2011 Bringing Children and Nature Together: A presentation and dialogue with Ken Finch, President of Green Hearts Institute for Nature in Childhood.
2006 ECE Policy Symposium: Experiences of Reggio Emilia: Implications for Policy and Practice in Early Childhood Education and Care in British Columbia.