...Characteristics of professional development linked to enhanced pedagogy and children’s learning in early childhood settings: Best Evidence Synthesis July 2003 Characteristics of professional development linked to enhanced pedagogy and children’s learning in early childhood settings: Best Evidence Synthesis October 2003 This report is one of a series of best evidence syntheses commissioned by the Ministry of Education. It is part of a commitment to strengthen the evidence base that informs education policy and practice in New Zealand. It aims to contribute to an ongoing evidence-based discourse amongst policy makers, educators and researchers. The best evidence synthesis approach is being developed in collaboration with researchers. It draws together in a systematic way the available evidence about what works to improve education outcomes, and what can make a bigger difference for the education of all our children and young people. Prepared for the Ministry of Education Authors Linda Mitchell and Pam Cubey Copyright © Ministry of Education PO Box 1666 Wellington ISBN 0-478-18773-4 Web ISBN ISBN 0-478-18774-2 www.minedu.govt.nz Characteristics of professional development linked to enhanced pedagogy and children’s learning in early childhood settings Best Evidence Synthesis Report prepared for the New Zealand Ministry of Education Linda Mitchell and Pam Cubey July 2003 New Zealand Council for Educational Research P O Box 3237 ...
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...Harvard Graduate School of Education HARVARD FAMILY RESEARCH PROJECT NO. 1 in a series SPRING 2006 Family Involvement IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION The family seems to be the most effective and economical system for fostering and sustaining the child’s development. Without family involvement, intervention is likely to be unsuccessful, and what few effects are achieved are likely to disappear once the intervention is discontinued.1 —Urie Bronfenbrenner This brief is dedicated to Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917–2005) whose pioneering research influenced the work of Harvard Family Research Project. Introduction Family involvement matters for young children’s cognitive and social development. But what do effective involvement processes look like, and how do they occur? This research brief summarizes the latest evidence base on effective involvement—that is, the research studies that link family involvement in early childhood to outcomes and programs that have been evaluated to show what works. The conceptual framework guiding this research review is complementary learning. Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) believes that for children and youth to be successful from birth through adolescence, there must be an array of learning supports around them. These learning supports include families, early childhood programs, schools, outof-school time programs and activities, higher education, health and social service agencies, businesses,...
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...Title of module: Early Care & Education Practice Module Code: 5N1770 Level: 5 Assessment Technique: Assignment 1 Assessment Weighting: 30% Date Brief Issued: 22nd September 2015 Assessment Submission Date: 3rd November 2015 Assignment title: Historical Perspective on the development of the ECCE sector in Ireland Introduction: Aim: My aim is to investigate and present a comprehensive and informative profile of the history of the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECCE) sector today in Ireland. Objectives: My objectives are to: * Present informative overview of the history of the ECCE provision in Ireland and the development of the ECCE sector. * Examine and provide a detailed description of the legal regulations and the rights of the child in the ECCE sector in Ireland today. * Present range of occupations of the ECCE sector in Ireland and their role. * Investigate the qualifications and experience necessary with one chosen occupation in the ECCE sector. * Investigate career opportunities that are available in the childcare sector. Rationale: It is important for me to have a good knowledge and the history of the ECCE provision in Ireland as this is my chosen career. It is very important for me to understand how the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) has progressed over the years and also investigate the different range of occupations in the ECCE sector. As it’s my chosen career it is important for me to have a good...
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...Though early childhood program aren’t mandatory, they can benefit children. The main goal of an early childhood program is to help children develop cognitively and socially and also to introduce them to the school setting and prepare them for elementary school. Through early childhood programs, children gain long-lasting academic and social benefit that will benefit them throughout their lives. To run an effective program, an early childhood program should set specific goals and objective. The Early Childhood Education Program has been created to provide an enriched environment for early age children, which benefits their intellectual, physical, emotional, and social development. Increasingly, research shows that quality preschool programs reduce the need for remedial classes in subsequent grade levels. During the preschool years, children develop characteristics which will affect their lifelong love of learning. The Early Childhood program has created an environment that has the children and their parents identified as the focus. Each family brings to the program values, language, diversity, and traditional customs and therefore, recognizes the importance of forming a partnership with the parents to create a positive experience for all child. A place where children are loved not on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender, ethnic group identification, race, ancestry, national origin, religion, color, or mental...
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...JOB | Summary of Position | Education Preferred/Required | Skills/Requirements | My Input | Preschool Teacher | Plans and implements activities that promote the social, physical, and intellectual growth of children. This person is responsible for the care, hygiene, learning, and developmental activities, specialized programs, and redirection of children. They also communicate directly with parents and maintain classroom records, cleanliness, and orderliness. | Bachelor’s Degree in Education or related field and/or state education requirements for a Teacher requiredDegree in Early Childhood Education or related area highly desirable | 3+ years of early childhood education experience desirable, 4+ years of experience working with assigned age group desirable, Excellent organizational skills required, Ability to be flexible in assignment and work hours required, CPR and First Aid Certification or willingness to obtain desirable, Excellent verbal, listening, and written communication skills required | I also feel it is important to keep a report of what the children learn each week to help keep the parents involved, and it is also important to ALWAYS communicate with the parent. Also interact with children in a respectful and educational and fun manner. I also feel it is important to be able to plan a curriculum | Toddler Teacher | Each day, our teachers have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children and families. You will work in an environment that values...
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...Assessment Task Support Sustainable Practice Introduction Young children have always learnt the most from our actions, they have learnt from what we do, more than from what we say. It will therefore always be through sustainability of our own day to day practices that we are most influential to them. For many early childhood educators this might be quite a challenge if the early childhood centre or service is only at the beginning of its journey towards sustainability, when few sustainable practices or systems are in place. Initially, small, but visible, collaborative steps that support sustainable practices will indicate this ethic in action. (By Julie M. Davis-pg.164) Research Task: Starting a garden-Vegetable garden A small vegetable garden (approx.-4 sq. m) is started. A group of five children participated in this activity under the supervision of carer and room leader. Following steps followed to complete the task: 1. Preparing garden bed by mixing compost 2. Arranging and planting flowers and vegetables 3. Watering and caring for them Main Considerations 1. Safety To ensure the safety of the children the following steps were taken: * Use of gloves while working in the soil * Use of rubber gardening boots * Use of only plastic tools * Not to use any pesticide or insecticide * Being sun-smart * Activity done with age appropriate children (4+) 2. Creativity Experience allows young children to be: * Creative-children...
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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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...Advocating for Young Children: The Importance of Family Involvement in the Early Years Sharonda Gray Grand Canyon University: ECH 520 February 7, 2015 As an early childhood educator, I found that in order for a young child to be successful in their learning experiences, parents and caregivers would have to be actively involved in their education. I have seen, over the years, many parents/caregivers who didn’t understand the importance of being involved during the early years. Family involvement during the preschool years, ages 3 to 5, has proven to be just as important as their involvement, during the primary and elementary years. I have worked hard in trying to get the message across to the parents, in which I serve, that their involvement, during the early years, has a major impact on how well their children do throughout their learning experiences. Research has shown that families, who are involved in their child’s life, will have a positive effect on their social and cognitive development, especially in the early childhood settings. It has also shown, the stronger the family involvement, the more positive the results in their early years and school readiness. Educating parents, in the early childhood setting, about what family involvement is like can be somewhat challenging. Since now, we have to take into consideration values, attitudes and practices of their views on raising young children. For many years, there has been a major disconnect in the responsibility...
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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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...improvement system. Step up to quality is Ohio's quality rating and improvement system for licensed learning and development programs. Step up to quality recognizes learning and development programs that exceed licensing health and safety standards. Supports and incentives are available to assist programs in achieving and maintaining a star rating. The step up to quality program standards have been expanded from 3 to 5 levels and have been revised to include family and community engagement and health promotion standards. Another trend that is happening is a program starting to create and following curriculums. Research indicated that quality is enhanced when a curriculum is thoughtfully and purposefully incorporated into the childcare setting. Choosing to implement curriculum as caregivers plan meaningful activities enhance classroom interactions and increase our understanding of child development. Involving the caregivers in the decision-making process makes the process a lot easier because we know the children personally and we know their strengths and weaknesses. In order to know what areas to focus on it is important to know as much about your...
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...Early Childhood Education Jenelle Johnson PSYC2700 - Child Development U03a1 Early Childhood Education Capella University December, 2014 Early Childhood Education Early childhood education is education that is geared for children three to eight years old, however, early childhood education can start as early as infants at birth through the age of eight years old. Early childhood programs were developed for all children who could not otherwise afford quality preschool or daycare programs. It is the belief that all children benefit from education at an early age. Early education is important to the development of these young children. These programs offer assistance, resources, and education to both the children and parents. Programs all over the world have been implemented to help young impoverished children have an early start to education. This paper will discuss the policy of the Head Start Act, the benefits of receiving early childhood education, and characteristics of a good high quality early childhood program. Early childhood is an important time for children as they grow and learn so much. So many important factors such as health and nutrition, economic status, education and daycare programs, and positive effective parenting are all huge factors that can have an effect of the development process of the young child. Because of the importance of all these variables, programs have been developed and policies have been made to assure that all children have...
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...University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Open Access Theses and Dissertations from the College of Education and Human Sciences 4-9-2013 Education and Human Sciences, College of (CEHS) Predictors of Preschool Children's Peer Interactions: Temperament and Prosocial Behavior Ibrahim H. Acar University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ihacar@gmail.com Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cehsdiss Part of the Child Psychology Commons Acar, Ibrahim H., "Predictors of Preschool Children's Peer Interactions: Temperament and Prosocial Behavior" (2013). Open Access Theses and Dissertations from the College of Education and Human Sciences. Paper 170. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cehsdiss/170 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Education and Human Sciences, College of (CEHS) at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Open Access Theses and Dissertations from the College of Education and Human Sciences by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. PREDICTORS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN’S PEER INTERACTIONS: TEMPERAMENT AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR by Ibrahim H. Acar A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science Major: Child, Youth, & Family Studies Under the Supervision of Professor Julia...
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...prosperity and security at risk.” (Centre on the Developing Child, Harvard University, 2010) Over the last decade there have been many changes in settings and children’s services in Ireland. Central to these changes there has been a major emphasis put on the impotance of early years care and education and improving the affordability and acessability of childcare and enhancing quality in early years settings in Ireland. In the past the whole area of childcare was neglected and research repeatly found inequalities of provision for children in early years settings. Which in turn lead to government stating that there needed to be more highly quailifed staff in early years settings, to raise the standard of care for young children, thus the ECCE sector related degree courses were created. The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education Project (Sylva et al, 2004) found children achieved better outcomes in settings led by higher qualified staff. Throughout this letter I am going to look at many issues that the minister needs to address within the early years sector so that we can get Irelands childcare sector up to the highest standard possible in order to give our children the best possible start in life. One of the issues that will make developing the early years sector more critical is the latest statistics which indicate that our early years population has increased by 18% since 2006. This is an immensely valuable resource offering a uniquely valuable potential for Irelands future...
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...Learning Through Play In the early childhood program children learn better through the Montessori program method of play at a very early age. Teachers are well aware that an open-ended activity is a perfect way of free play. As stated on the You Tube Video, “To be defined as play the activity needs to be freely chosen by the child pleasurable not focus on an end result” (Child Care). Children learn about themselves and the environment around them. By the teacher creating open-ended activities children learn more effectively. They are able to retain what they are learning about people in different cultures and about themselves. Kids at this stage are like sponges they absorb everything around them. Having a well-trained teacher in the benefits of an early childhood education, the children have a better chance of becoming more creative and socially connected with other children. Teaching children through the Montessori method of play helps develop their language, cognitive and social-emotional abilities. Before children start the early childhood program they are in the stage of woo and dada, this does not mean that they are calling out to anyone. They are trying to express themselves by babbling to you. The older they get the more they could express what is on their minds. According to Judy Herr, “ Children around the time they are 24 to 30 months they are to identify at least six body parts and say the names of each part” (145). Children are to able express themselves to...
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...credit-bearing coursework. Following successful completion of orientation, students are required to successfully complete EXP 105 Personal Dimensions of Education as their first course. Students entering with twenty-four (24) or more transferable, traditional semester credits are required to successfully complete PSY 202 Adult Development and Life Assessment as their first course. PSY 202 is designed to help experienced students acclimate to the online college environment. Student Success Orientation The orientation is designed to provide students with a complete overview of the Ashford University experience, prepare them for success in their courses, and help them to self evaluate their readiness to succeed in an online classroom setting. Students will be instructed on Ashford University policies and the learner resources that are available to them through interactive videos and assessments. Students enrolled in orientation must successfully complete all assigned activities. EXP 105 Personal Dimensions of Education This course is designed to help adult learners beginning their university studies to achieve academic success. Students will explore learning theories, communication strategies, and personal management skills. Adult learners will develop strategies for achieving success in school and work. Students will also be introduced to the University's institutional outcomes and learning resources. Effective for courses beginning January 1, 2013, and after, a minimum...
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