...Common Core State Standards on Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Classrooms Effects of Michigan Common Core State Standards on Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Classrooms Introduction As an early childhood teacher in 2013, I am constantly feeling challenged and overwhelmed by mandated curriculum from the State of Michigan. With the recent implementation of Michigan Common Core State Standards, I began to feel the pressure of teaching curriculum that the children do not seem to understand. I began to wonder why? Is it because I failed to deliver the lesson? Is it due to concepts being too difficult? Are the standards appropriate for all learners and where they are in their development? During my career spanning over twenty years, I have believed and am dedicated to providing a classroom environment that is developmentally appropriate for my early learners. I believe the problem is that Michigan's Common Core State Standards are causing early childhood teachers to teach in ways that are not developmentally appropriate. These beliefs brought me to this topic and caused me to ponder if others feel the way I do. Are the Common Core State Standards mandated by the state of Michigan are creating early childhood classrooms that are not developmentally appropriate as perceived by myself and my colleagues. I believe that early childhood classrooms should be free of mandates from the state when those mandates...
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...Practices. Then I will be describing the furnishings, equipment and materials that support children’s growth and development. In conclusion of this paper I will explain how the environment I created lines up with my Vision, Mission and Philosophy I created in week one. To implement developmentally appropriate practices in the early years, it is vital for teachers to be aware of the developmental characteristics of the children they teach. This enables teachers to successfully support the child’s progress toward becoming well-adjusted, confident, and thoughtful learners. The components of a child’s learning is also very important (Eliason, Jenkins pg. 3). Educators and other concerned people need to determine how to best provide for the needs of young children and enable all children to reach their full potential. All children should be provided with high quality childcare regardless of their gender, race, religion or economic situation. All teachers should be highly trained, thoughtful, enthusiastic, creative, empathetic, hopeful, tolerant, understanding, warm, and nurturing (Eliason, Jenkins pg. 29). The importance of play in early childhood education is significant to the child’s development. Young children explore and learn through their environment. During play children learn how things work, they build social skills and learn how to solve problems. Children are active young learners that need a stimulating environment for healthy growth and development. As educators we can...
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...Discuss the learning environments? What are some of the issues that are related in the selection of a learning environment? What are several suggested environments for integrating Young children with special needs with typical functioning children? Learning environments are the setting in which young children with special needs receive services. There are a number of issues that are related to the selection of a learning environment; the different types of settings for providing intervention for young children, how the law influences the child’s placement for services, the integration if children with special needs with “typical” children, the role of the service coordinator, how various agencies coordinate their services, and the types of early intervention teams. There are several suggested environments for integrating young children, such as LRE (least restrictive environment), mainstream, inclusion, and natural environments (Lerner, J. W., Lowenthal, B., & Egan, R. 2003, p. 95). 2. Identify and describe the types of settings that are used to provide services to young children with disabilities. What are the several major laws that affect the provision of services for young children with special needs? Discuss the importance regarding services for young children with disabilities in the Laws Part B and Part C, which mandate the settings for learning. Young children with disabilities are provided services in different settings such as, home-based, center-based, and combination...
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...naming and incorporating learning domains in children is easily remembered with the acronym PILES. PILES is an attempt to apply the DAP principles carefully and fully. I will discuss what PILES stands for, how physical development is interrelated with social development, and how intellectual development is interrelated with emotional development. First I’ll start with what PILES stands for. Each Letter stands for a domain for development. The letter P is for Physical Development and it includes large and small muscle skills, eye hand coordination, physical coordination, and directionality. The letter I represents Intellectual Development which as the characteristics of creativity, labeling shapes and objects, solving problems, developing planning skills, compare and contrast materials, and cause and effect relationships. Language Development stands for the letter L and its characteristics are names for the materials, talking about art works, and expressing words and feelings. The last two letters E and S stand for Emotional Development and Social Development. They actually share the same characteristics of express feelings/ understand other’s feelings, channel anger in acceptable way, assert individuality, pride and self-esteem, share and cooperate, explore social roles, and task completion. All of those are very important in early childhood education. Physical Development is interrelated with social development because the development of growth of a child’s body, muscles, and...
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...Week 1 Assignment Hi Professor Beckett, This is the link to my website. Hope I did this right =) http://648913701206793004.weebly.com/ Trends/Issues-Head Start and Early Head Start were programs that were organized for low-income/poverty families. These programs are usually free to those families that qualify. Many times families run into hardships or even for our young teen moms want to finish school they now have an opportunity to receive free childcare while they get on their feet. These programs also offer other programs that help families in need such as free diapers, milk, clothing, and housing/shelter assistance. Project Head Start and Early Head Start has had a great impact on me because I have had the opportunity to work for both programs for 5 years. Many times the children I worked with came in hungry, tired, and sometimes dirty. Many of them came from dangerous living areas where they was a lot of drugs, shootings, and violence. So for me as a teacher a lot of times it forced me to put all my problems aside because I realized that each one of those children that were in my care needed my smile, hugs, love, and support | Theory/Learning Approach-The Montessori model would be the choice I would possibly use in the future when I open my own childcare center. The three things I would like to see in my Montessori classrooms is materials being displayed on shelves at the children’s level, my classroom being multi-aged, and the children’s choice on how they interact...
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...Introduction Early learning standards are “standards that describe expectations for the learning and development of young children across the domains of: health and physical well-being, social and emotional well-being; approaches to learning; language development and symbol systems; and general knowledge about the world around them” (CCSSO, 2005). “In early childhood, the development of foundation skills (skills that lay the foundation for later learning), is just as imperative as mystery of content matter” (Bodrova, Leong, & Shore, 2004). It is essential that effective early learning standards emphasize significant developmentally appropriate content and outcomes are developed and reviewed through informed, inclusive processes, gain their effectiveness through implementation and assessment practices that support all children’s development in an ethical, appropriate way and require a foundation of support for early childhood programs, professionals and families (NAEYC& NAESC/SDE, 2003). Learning standards are intended to set the bar for student achievement and in the primary years, they can be crafted to apply brain and development research in their implementations (Schiller& Willis, 2008). The most comprehensive set of standards for quality education and care in early childhood is known as Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) (NAEYC, 2009). Early learning standards will connect teaching practice and curriculum to government and community guidelines. This...
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...History of Early Childhood Education: 1. Beginnings and Beyond - Chapters 1 and 2. 2. As you read, ask yourself the following questions: a. Why is the past important? b. How have the beliefs and ideas of great educators influenced early childhood programs? 3. The Lecture Notes and Power Point Presentation found in Course Documents under Lecture Notes Last modified: Wednesday, December 31, 1969, 07:00 PM · Homework Assignments--Chapters 1 and 2, due May 28th (online)[->1] Portfolio Assignment: After reading and studying Chapters 1 & 2 in Beginnings and Beyond, complete the following assignments for each Chapter. As a suggestion, as you complete your work, add the page number where you located your information. The page will be easy to find again if you need to prove the veracity (or accuracy) of your work. · Chapter 1 1. Define and be able to explain Key Terms. (pg. 36) 2. Complete Review Questions #1&4 (pg. 36) 3. Define pedagogic creed and then complete Learning Activity #2. (pg. 37) · Chapter 2 1. Define and be able to explain Key Terms. (pg. 71) 2. Complete Review Questions # 1 thru 4. (pg. 71) Chapter 1: KEY TERMS 1) Professionalism – the competence or skill expected of a professional; in early childhood education, this includes a sense of identity, purpose to engage in developmentally appropriate practices, a commitment to ethical teaching and to child advocacy, and participation in the work as a legitimate livelihood. 2) Early childhood...
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...Women The radical move of switching to the 4+4+4 education system has increased the tendency of girls, who are fifth and sixth graders, to abandon their education. The allowance of homeschooling for the high school students resulted in over 100,000 female students to abandon their education within the first year of its introduction. Vocational and technical schools which train personnel for the labor market are really inefficient in routing female students to new professions. The labor force participation rate of Turkish women is way behind the 1990 rates and is very low by international standards. In 2012, the labor force participation rate of Turkish women was 29%, whereas this rate was 24% in the rural areas. The labor force participation rate of women in EU and OECD countries amount to 60%. Turkey ranks last with its women labor participation rate in OECD countries and there is also a huge difference between the labor participation rate of Mexico which is last but one in the ranking list with 47.1%. Many women are directed for not working or working only in certain job fields due to reasons like “this work environment is not suitable for women” or “that work is against our customs and traditions”. Rights like leaving the job with severance pay for newly-wed women or extended maternity leave, which came into force within the AKP government’s period, are not encouraging for women employment. According to a World Bank report, women in Turkey are paid 20% less in average...
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...Early Childhood Research Quarterly 19 (2004) 375–397 The early childhood classroom observation measure Deborah Stipek∗ , Patricia Byler School of Education, Stanford University, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-3096, USA Abstract This study assesses a new measure of early childhood classroom practice in 127 kindergarten- and first-grade classrooms. The measure was designed to be appropriate for classrooms serving children from the age of 4–7 years. It assesses the nature and quality of instruction as well as the social climate and management of the classroom. Two separate scales assess the degree to which constructivist, child-centered and the degree to which didactic, teachercentered instructional practices are implemented. Findings indicate that the measure produced reliable scores and meaningful, predictable associations were found between scores on the observation measure, on the one hand, and teachers’ self-reported practices, teaching goals, relationships with children, and perceptions of children’s ability to be self-directed learners, on the other. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Early childhood; Classroom observation; Teaching; ECCOM; Measure 1. Introduction Political and public concerns about improving education have been fueled recently by reports highlighting the number of students, particularly from economically disadvantaged homes, who fail to achieve minimum academic standards. The National Center for Educational Statistics (2002)...
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...EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE key lessons from research for policy makers An independent report submitted to the European Commission by the NESSE networks of experts www.nesse.fr EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE - KEY LESSONS FROM RESEARCH FOR POLICY MAKERS This is an independent report commissioned by the European Commission's DirectorateGeneral for Education and Culture. The views expressed are those of independent experts and do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Commission. The main author of this report is Helen Penn, currently Professor of Early Childhood in the Cass School of Education, University of East London, UK, and a member of the NESSE network of experts. Drafts of this report benefited from comments and advice from other NESSE network members and from other experts in this field. Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. The electronic version of this report is available at: http://www.nesse.fr/nesse/activities/reports For further information on this report and for printed copies you can contact: Dr. Angelos Agalianos European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture Tel.: +32-2-29.55.098 © European Commission, 2009 ISBN: 978-92-79-12470-9 2 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE - KEY LESSONS FROM RESEARCH FOR POLICY MAKERS FOREWORD Investing in quality Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is crucial. It is at this stage that the foundations are laid for...
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...The goal of having anti-basis curriculum is to help children learn to be accepting of others of race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, disability. Students participating in antibias curriculum become comfortable with diversity and learn to stand up for themselves as a teacher in the future students are learning about difference and they need a teacher to help them to have a positive attitude about people. Students who have a guidance of caring teachers children learn to speak up for themselves and others. By having an accepting environment children find that they have the ability to change situations and have positive attitude in the future. Having anti- basis curriculum begin in early childhood and continue throughout the school year. For example children who start to learn both English and Mandarin Chinese so that by the completion of the school they have the basic proficiency in both languages. The class is taught by an English teacher and Chinese teacher with the help of teaching assistants. Teachers will speak native language they use for instruction. Standards: What should students know and able to do? First Grade Language Arts/ Reading Content: Select materials to read Read aloud familiar stories and poems Use strategies to comprehend Activate: Children can solve problems and think for themselves Children learn best through experience and activates that are interesting. Teaching and learning is child centered Children have the knowledge based on what they...
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...NGO - Pratham By Team Mosaic MARKETING MANAGEMENT Team Members NAVYA CHANDRASHEKHAR | 21 | AKSHATA MOTIWALE | 28 | FAISAL SHAIKH | | VISHALAKSHI | 53 | ANIKET POTDAR | | NIKHIL AGGARWAL | 31 | SIES COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, NERUL Sr.No | Contents | Pg No | 1 | What is an NGO | | 2 | Pratham – An NGO | | 3 | Marketing Mix – Product | | 4 | Marketing Mix – Place | | 5 | Marketing Mix – Price | | 6 | Marketing Mix – Promotion | | 7 | Segmentation & Targeting | | 8 | MIS | | 9 | SWOT Analysis | | 10 | New Product Devlopment | | 11 | Competitors | | 12 | Performance | | 13 | Bibliography Acknowledgement | | What is an NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any form of government. Non-governmental Organization (NGO) is an agency devoted to managing resources and implementing projects with the goal of addressing social problems. NGO are of great importance and value for the modern society and hence comes the need of having a marketing strategy for the NGO. This would help the NGO reach the masses and make the common man aware of the work it does. NGOs are organizations that work in many different fields, but the term is generally associated with those seeking social transformation and improvements in quality of life. Development NGOs is the most...
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...“Executive Summary” Little Bumble Bees Daycare facility will operate as sole proprietorship and is located on the corner of North six street in Hopewell, Va. Our daycare facility is a full service child facility that offers 24 hours/ 7days a week care, with the exception of holidays. We offer services for children 3 months to 12 years of age. The Little Bumble Bees Daycare Facility will be focusing on the middle to upper class market. This group of families has both parents working, not allowing them time to raise their child during the day. This group has the money for child care, and is willing to spend a little extra to get a higher level of care. Our staff have specialize training in child care providing services, first aid, and CPR. Little Bumble Bees Daycare Facility has innovative learning systems and facility has small classes for pre-K students, for more one on one learning in the class. Employees are expected to wear scrub type uniforms while they are on the clock; street wear is not permitted while on the clock. There will be five classrooms rooms in the facility with chairs, desk, blackboard, and etc. Our mission is to provide a safe and fun learning environment for our children. We take pride in our center and focus on meeting each individual child and family needs, while providing quality, safety, and reliable child care. The market that we want to target is one specific customer group, the middle to upper class, two income professional families. This...
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...Barr, R., Muentener, P., & Garica, A. (2007). Age-related changes in deferred imitation from television by 6- to 18-month-olds. Developmental Science, 10(6), 910- 921. This study was designed to gauge the growing body of evidence that examines infant imitation from television both immediately and after a delay. Children were tested in two very controlled manners for this study that only deviated in one way. Some children were shown a demonstration in person (3D) and the others were shown the exact same demonstration via television (2D). This was the only difference in the two demonstrations and therefore created no bias. The study found that imitation from television can occur in infants as early as 6 months of age. The findings of this study also suggest that imitation from television continues to be challenging throughout the second year of life, but repetition may be the key. The results of this study raise several questions and further research is required to disentangle perceptual and representational/cognitive load explanations. This source would be very useful in my research and provides information from an unwavering study that produced very clear and concise results. Barr, R., Shuck, L., Salerno, K., Atkinson , E., & Linebarger , D. (2010). Music interferes with learning from television during infancy. Infant and Child Development , 19, 313-331. Retrieved from www.interscience.wiley.com doi: 10.1002/ icd.666 This study was conducted to expand on previous...
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...UNIT TITLE: International Perspectives in Early Education & Childcare UNIT NO: DF86 35 UNIT TITLE: Managing a Quality Curriculum UNIT NO: DN89 35 PART 1 “Critically analyse a documented element of international good practice and make a comparison with a similar documented element in Scotland.” A documented element of good practice within “The Swedish National Curriculum” is their great value for gender equity within the early year’s education system. All Swedish early education establishments are in agreement with the values in which the Swedish society is based on (Ministry of Education & Science, 2010). Two of these values are; equality between the genders and equal rights of all people. They specify that both boys and girls should have the same opportunities to develop and explore their abilities/interests without limitations of stereotyped gender roles. Accordingly, early childhood professionals should work to counteract these traditional gender patterns and roles. This is handled in everyday practice in Swedish preschools by ensuring that all staff has a firm qualification enabling them to do so effectively within nurseries. The Swedish Government received indications that practitioners were found to not challenge conventional concepts of gender, but were contributing to them in different ways. So therefore, the Government funded a “gender pedagogue education program” in 2002. The purpose was to educate early childcare practitioners with unique awareness...
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