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.
The ECE summer institute (ECED 480/565 July 23-27, 2012) with Dr. Sylvia Kind engages with the Wonder of Learning exhibit as it explores the idea of art as inquiry in early childhood contexts. Through visits to the exhibit and daily artistic investigations, the course will consider ideas within the exhibit, young children’s artistic and poetic languages, issues in art and pedagogy, and the studio as a space of research.
IDSC Summer Institute (July 9-20, 2012) explores relations between cognitive development and cognitive delays to other developmental domains (i.e., language, social, motor) and provides practical intervention strategies to help children with cognitive delays reach their maximum potential. more
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.
2012 Spring Event: The Aesthetics of Everyday Literacies with Dr. Kate Pahl
2011 Fall Event: Considering Young Children's Participation Rights in Educational Contexts: A conversation with Dr. Linda Farr Darling
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.