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TextbookInformation
GeneralInformation
PacificRimEarlyChildhoodInstituteusesbothhardcopytextbooksandonlineresourcesinthecourse
materials.Pleaseensureyouhavepurchasedtherequiredtextbookpriortoenrollingintheassociated
course.Doublecheckyouhavethecorrecttitle,authorandedition.
Requiredtextbooksmaybepurchasedfromanysource.Forconveniencetherearedirectlinkstomost
ofthetextbooksonourwebsite.ManyofthetextbooksareavailableaseBooksforpurchaseorrental
fromservicessuchasVitalSource.
Ifthetextbookeditionlistedisnotavailablepleaseorderamorerecentedition.Thetotalcostfornew
textbooksfortheBasicECECertificateprogramisapproximately$970.Thetotalcostfornewtextbooks
forboththepost-basicITEandSNECertificateprogramsisapproximately$1080.Studentsmaybeable
tofindsuitableusedtextbooks.ForstudentslivingoutsideBC,theremaybeanadditionalcostto
subscribetotheScienceofEarlyChildhoodDevelopment“livingtextbooks”requiredforsomeofthe
courses.The2-yearsubscriptionisapproximatelythecostofasingletextbookandtheresourcecanbe
usedformanycoursesoverthesubscriptionperiod.
ScienceofEarlyChildhoodandDevelopmentResourceInformation
ManyPacificRimEarlyChildhoodInstitutecoursematerialsrequireaccesstotheScienceofEarly
ChildhoodDevelopment“NorthAmericanEdition”and/orthe“ChildDevelopmentPrimer”.These
resourcesareconsidered“livingtextbooks”whicharepreparedandupdatedfrequentlybyCanadian
EarlyChildhoodexperts.Ifoneorbothoftheseresourcesisrequiredforacourse,theywillbelistedin
the“RequiredTextbook”sectionbelowalongwithotherrequiredtextbooks.
ForlivinginBritishColumbia
Both“livingtextbooks”arefreewithoutasubscriptionforstudentsaccessingtheSECDwebsitefrom
withinthebordersofBritishColumbia.StudentswithinthebordersofBC,maysimplyclickonthelinks
providedwithincoursematerialsandtheywillbedirectedtothecorrectwebsiteaslongastheir
InternetBrowser’s“LocationServices”isturnedon.Frequentlyaskedquestionsaboutgeolocationand
useofthisresource,includingonhowtohandlereferencestotheSECDmaterialscanbefoundontheir
website.
ForstudentslivingoutsideBritishColumbia
StudentsaccessingthematerialsoutsidetheprovinceofBritishColumbiamayberequiredtopurchasea
2-yearonlinesubscriptiontooneorbothofthe“NorthAmericanEdition”andthe“ChildDevelopment
Primer”dependingonwhichcourse(s)theyareplanningtoenrollinduringthe2-yearsubscription
period.AccesstobothcanbepurchasedthroughtheSECDWebsite.Thecostforbothsectionsis
comparabletothecostofatextbook.
StudentsshouldonlypurchaseasubscriptioniftheyarenotlivingwithintheprovinceofBritish
Columbia,andshouldonlypurchasethe“livingtextbook(s)”thatarerequiredforthecourse(s)theyare
planningtoenrollinduringthe2-yearsubscriptionperiod.
Textbook List
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RequiredTextbooks
BasicProgram
EarlyChildhoodEducatorCertificate
Health,SafetyandNutrition
th
Marotz,LynnR.,Cross,MarieZ.&Rush,Jeanettia,M.Health,SafetyandNutritionfortheYoungChild,9 Edition.NelsonCanada,2014.ISBN:1285427335
ScienceofEarlyChildhoodDevelopment(SECD),NorthAmericanEdition.FreeAccessforstudentswithin
BritishColumbia,andpaidOnlineSubscriptionforthoselivingoutsideBritishColumbia.
ChildGrowthandDevelopment
th
Kail,RobertV.&Zolner,Theresa.Children:AChronologicalApproach,4 CanadianEdition.PrenticeHall,
2014.ISBN:0133081680
GuidingandCaring
th
Hendrick,Joanne&Weissman,Patricia.TheWholeChild:DevelopmentalEducationforEarlyYears,10 Edition.PrenticeHall,2014.ISBN:0132853426
FoundationsinEarlyChildhoodEducation
th
Gordon,AnnMiles&Browne,KathrynWilliams.BeginningsandBeyond,10 Edition.NelsonCanada,
2016.ISBN:1305500962
ECECurriculumI,IIandIII
th
Hendrick,Joanne&Weissman,Patricia.TheWholeChild:DevelopmentalEducationforEarlyYears,10 Edition.PrenticeHall,2014.ISBN:0132853426
th
Crowther,Ingrid.CreatingEffectiveLearningEnvironments4 Edition.NelsonCanada,2015.ISBN:
0176531769.
Bothtextbooksarerequiredforallthreecourses
InterpersonalCommunication
rd
Alder,RonaldB.,Rolls,JudithA.&ProctorII,RussellF.LOOK:LookingOut/LookingIn,3 Canadian
Edition.NelsonCanada,2018.ISBN:0176820345
PracticumI–ObservingandRecording
Cohen,Dorothy;Stern,Virginia,Balaban,Nancy&Gropper,Nancy.ObservingandRecordingtheBehavior
th
ofYoungChildren,6 Edition.TeachersCollegePress,2016.ISBN:0807757152
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RequiredTextbooks
Post-BasicPrograms
Infant/ToddlerEducatorCertificate&SpecialNeedsEducatorCertificate
InfantToddlerGrowthandDevelopment
th
Fogel,Alan.Infancy:Infant,FamilyandSociety6 Edition.SloanPublishing,2014.ISBN:1597380512
WorkingwithFamilies
th
Gestwicki,Carol.Home,SchoolandCommunityRelations9 Edition.NelsonCanada,2015.ISBN:
1305089014
CentreAdministration
th
Chandler,Karen.AdministeringforQuality:LeadingCanadianEarlyChildhoodPrograms5 Edition.
PearsonandPrenticeHall,2012.ISBN:0132113589
WorkingwithInfantsandToddlers–PartI
th
Gonzales-Mena,Janet&WidmeyerEyer,Dianne.Infants,ToddlersandCaregivers,11 Edition.McGrawHillEducation,2018.ISBN:1259870460
WorkingwithInfantsandToddlers–PartII
th
Gonzales-Mena,Janet&WidmeyerEyer,Dianne.Infants,ToddlersandCaregivers,11 Edition.McGrawHillEducation,2018.ISBN:1259870460
nd
ZerotoThree.CaringforInfants&ToddlersinGroups:DevelopmentallyAppropriatePractice2 Edition.
2008.ISBN:1934019267
th
Marotz,LynnR.,Cross,MarieZ.&Rush,Jeanettia,M.Health,SafetyandNutritionfortheYoungChild,9 Edition.NelsonCanada,2014.ISBN:1285427335
Allthreetextbooksarerequiredforthiscourses
SpecialNeeds–PartIandPartII
Crowther,Ingrid.InclusioninEarlyChildhoodSettings,ChildrenwithSpecialNeedsinCanada,
nd
2 Edition.Pearson,PrenticeHall,2010.ISBN:0132082020
th
Allen/Cowdery.InclusionInEarlyChildhoodPrograms:ChildrenwithExceptionalities,6 CanadianEdition.NelsonCanada,2014.ISBN:0176531777
Bothtextbooksarerequiredforbothcourses
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