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An Open Educational Resource Textbook<\/span><\/h5>\r\n<\/header>This Open Educational Resources Publication was originally written by Washington State Early Childhood Faculty and has been edited by Arapahoe Community College Faculty.\r\n\r\nLead Peer Editors: Dr. Mary Garguile, Olympic College, and Christie Fierro, Olympic College\r\n\r\nArapahoe Community College Editors: Erin Jones, Caroline Blair Pettit, and Dawn Steele Brown\r\n\r\nThis is Version 1.2\r\n\r\nThis is licensed under a CC by 4.0<\/a> License.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n

Author and Review Statement<\/h3>\r\nIntroduction to Early Childhood Education Open Education Resources Textbook was originally written for the common course ECED 105 Introduction to Early Childhood Education and was produced with support from funding secured through the Carl D. Perkins Act.\r\n\r\nAuthors\r\n\r\nThis book was a collaboratively written textbook by Early Childhood Faculty from around Washington State.\u00a0The following contributed to the completion of this textbook:\r\n\r\nGayle Julian<\/em>, Project Coordinator, Olympic College\r\n\r\nBrenda Boyd<\/em>, Washington State University\r\n\r\nAngela\u00a0Blums<\/em>, Pierce Community College\r\n\r\nChris Moon<\/em>, South Puget Sound Community College\r\n\r\nDavida Sharpe-Haygood<\/em>, Pierce Community College\r\n\r\nJennifer\u00a0Karshna<\/em>, Tacoma Community College\r\n\r\nSharene\u00a0Leek<\/em>,\u00a0Pierce Community College\r\n\r\nArdene\u00a0Neimer<\/em>, Olympic College\r\n\r\nNinder\u00a0Gill<\/em>, North Seattle Community College\r\n\r\nThis book has been adapted for use in Colorado and is an edited OER textbook written by Early Childhood Faculty from Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado. The following contributed to the completion of this textbook:<\/span>\r\n\r\nErin Jones, EdS, ECSE, MBA,<\/em> Arapahoe Community College<\/span>\r\n\r\nDawn Brown, MA, <\/em>Arapahoe Community College<\/span>\r\n\r\nInteractive elements in this textbook, including H5P activities, were developed with the support of ChatGPT<\/em>, an AI language model created by OpenAI. The tool was used to assist with content generation, idea development, and formatting guidance. Final decisions regarding content accuracy and instructional design were made by the textbook author, Dawn Brown.\r\n

Peer Review<\/h4>\r\nThis book has been peer reviewed by 11 subject experts from five higher education institutions and one Early Childhood Agency in Washington State. Each chapter received an open and collaborative review from two reviewers, one based on their area of expertise and another with required specific knowledge in accessibility and annotations. In addition, an overall review of the text for continuity was conducted by a content area expert.\r\n\r\nReviews were structured around considerations of the intended audience of the book and examined the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and relevance of content. Reviews were also focused on relevance, longevity, clarity, consistency, organizational structure flow, grammatical errors, and cultural relevance.\r\n\r\nGayle Julian would like to thank the review team for the time,\u00a0care,\u00a0and commitment they contributed to the project.\u00a0I\u00a0recognize that peer reviewing is a generous act of service on their part. This book would not be the robust, valuable resource that it is\u00a0were\u00a0it not for their feedback and input.\r\n

Reviewers included:<\/h5>\r\nSophie Truman<\/em>, Lake Washington Technical College\r\n\r\nLinda\u00a0Felch,<\/em>\u00a0Clover Park Technical College\r\n\r\nJessica\u00a0Kirchhofer<\/em>, Western Washington University\r\n\r\nHannah\u00a0Mechler<\/em>, Grays Harbor College\r\n\r\nBrandi\u00a0Renis<\/em>, Lake Washington Technical College\r\n\r\nHolly\u00a0Lanoue<\/em>, Olympic College\r\n\r\nMary\u00a0Garguile<\/em>, Olympic College\r\n\r\nMeka\u00a0Riggins<\/em>, Child Care Aware of Washington\r\n\r\nSharon\u00a0Romppanen<\/em>, Bellevue College\r\n\r\nShanti Connors<\/em>, Lake Washington Technical College\r\n\r\nSally Holloway<\/em>, Whatcom Community College\r\n
Administrative Support:<\/h5>\r\nDanessa\u00a0Gray<\/em>, Olympic College\r\n\r\nThe authors and reviewers would like to thank Workforce Development Dean Amy Hatfield at Olympic College for her support in securing funding through the Carl D. Perkins Act for this collaborative project.","rendered":"
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An Open Educational Resource Textbook<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n

This Open Educational Resources Publication was originally written by Washington State Early Childhood Faculty and has been edited by Arapahoe Community College Faculty.<\/p>\n

Lead Peer Editors: Dr. Mary Garguile, Olympic College, and Christie Fierro, Olympic College<\/p>\n

Arapahoe Community College Editors: Erin Jones, Caroline Blair Pettit, and Dawn Steele Brown<\/p>\n

This is Version 1.2<\/p>\n

This is licensed under a CC by 4.0<\/a> License.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Author and Review Statement<\/h3>\n

Introduction to Early Childhood Education Open Education Resources Textbook was originally written for the common course ECED 105 Introduction to Early Childhood Education and was produced with support from funding secured through the Carl D. Perkins Act.<\/p>\n

Authors<\/p>\n

This book was a collaboratively written textbook by Early Childhood Faculty from around Washington State.\u00a0The following contributed to the completion of this textbook:<\/p>\n

Gayle Julian<\/em>, Project Coordinator, Olympic College<\/p>\n

Brenda Boyd<\/em>, Washington State University<\/p>\n

Angela\u00a0Blums<\/em>, Pierce Community College<\/p>\n

Chris Moon<\/em>, South Puget Sound Community College<\/p>\n

Davida Sharpe-Haygood<\/em>, Pierce Community College<\/p>\n

Jennifer\u00a0Karshna<\/em>, Tacoma Community College<\/p>\n

Sharene\u00a0Leek<\/em>,\u00a0Pierce Community College<\/p>\n

Ardene\u00a0Neimer<\/em>, Olympic College<\/p>\n

Ninder\u00a0Gill<\/em>, North Seattle Community College<\/p>\n

This book has been adapted for use in Colorado and is an edited OER textbook written by Early Childhood Faculty from Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado. The following contributed to the completion of this textbook:<\/span><\/p>\n

Erin Jones, EdS, ECSE, MBA,<\/em> Arapahoe Community College<\/span><\/p>\n

Dawn Brown, MA, <\/em>Arapahoe Community College<\/span><\/p>\n

Interactive elements in this textbook, including H5P activities, were developed with the support of ChatGPT<\/em>, an AI language model created by OpenAI. The tool was used to assist with content generation, idea development, and formatting guidance. Final decisions regarding content accuracy and instructional design were made by the textbook author, Dawn Brown.<\/p>\n

Peer Review<\/h4>\n

This book has been peer reviewed by 11 subject experts from five higher education institutions and one Early Childhood Agency in Washington State. Each chapter received an open and collaborative review from two reviewers, one based on their area of expertise and another with required specific knowledge in accessibility and annotations. In addition, an overall review of the text for continuity was conducted by a content area expert.<\/p>\n

Reviews were structured around considerations of the intended audience of the book and examined the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and relevance of content. Reviews were also focused on relevance, longevity, clarity, consistency, organizational structure flow, grammatical errors, and cultural relevance.<\/p>\n

Gayle Julian would like to thank the review team for the time,\u00a0care,\u00a0and commitment they contributed to the project.\u00a0I\u00a0recognize that peer reviewing is a generous act of service on their part. This book would not be the robust, valuable resource that it is\u00a0were\u00a0it not for their feedback and input.<\/p>\n

Reviewers included:<\/h5>\n

Sophie Truman<\/em>, Lake Washington Technical College<\/p>\n

Linda\u00a0Felch,<\/em>\u00a0Clover Park Technical College<\/p>\n

Jessica\u00a0Kirchhofer<\/em>, Western Washington University<\/p>\n

Hannah\u00a0Mechler<\/em>, Grays Harbor College<\/p>\n

Brandi\u00a0Renis<\/em>, Lake Washington Technical College<\/p>\n

Holly\u00a0Lanoue<\/em>, Olympic College<\/p>\n

Mary\u00a0Garguile<\/em>, Olympic College<\/p>\n

Meka\u00a0Riggins<\/em>, Child Care Aware of Washington<\/p>\n

Sharon\u00a0Romppanen<\/em>, Bellevue College<\/p>\n

Shanti Connors<\/em>, Lake Washington Technical College<\/p>\n

Sally Holloway<\/em>, Whatcom Community College<\/p>\n

Administrative Support:<\/h5>\n

Danessa\u00a0Gray<\/em>, Olympic College<\/p>\n

The authors and reviewers would like to thank Workforce Development Dean Amy Hatfield at Olympic College for her support in securing funding through the Carl D. Perkins Act for this collaborative project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"front-matter-type":[12],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-4","front-matter","type-front-matter","status-publish","hentry","front-matter-type-introduction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1583,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4\/revisions\/1583"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintroductiontoece\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}