Early Childhood Education The thought papers are an opportunity to integrate cou

Early Childhood Education
The thought papers are an opportunity to integrate course materials. 5 thought papers are required in this course. These will be assigned in response to class discussions, video clips, and readings. You may choose the course topics of your 5 papers, and the due dates will be set out in the course schedule. These papers should include your thoughts and synthesis of the readings on that topic group. There is roughly one due each week.
Thought papers should be 3 pages (double-spaced). No longer than 3 pages. It is expected that all referenced work is detailed with appropriate citations. Citations should be on the third page, so that your thought paper content uses THE ENTIRE two pages. Do not use any unnecessary spacing or headers. I do not need the class, semester, day of the week, phases of the moon, etc. on the top of each page. Your name and title, single spaced, is enough, then double space, and start your thought paper. Please do not triple or quadruple space in between paragraphs. Just one double-space.
Papers that are in the incorrect format, have excess spacing, do not include reading citations, or are general in nature, will be kicked back for editing or given a zero grade.
Page 1 is for a ONE paragraph description of the topic, with the remainder of the page spent “unpacking” or analyzing the readings. Please do not summarize the articles or readings. I know what they are about, so I am looking for you to use your analysis skills here.
Page 2 is for your thoughts, personal or work experience regarding the topic, and other critical examination. You can share any personal or professional knowledge of or any relationship to the topic, but be sure that it is relevant and still write it as if you were writing a personal experience paper, using rules of good grammar. These papers are confidential, and relating topical experience or practice can be a powerful way to connect with the course.
Page 3 is for references only. In-text citations are expected, EXCEPT for references to the reading For these, you should use “According to the Beckman article, ….” As an example. Because the articles are already implied, repetitive or long in-text citations are redundant and take up valuable space.