...centrality of early childhood education (ECD) in laying solid foundations for posterity. Improving the quality of ECD is critical in BRICS countries’ development Agenda as reflected in the Sixth Summit (July 2014) held in Brazil. This underscores the need to enhance quality in education and equipping learners with the necessary skills. Thus, South Africa’s recent post-school education qualifications to improve out-of-school youth skills and knowledge could be realised through laying effective yet progressive foundation at ECD level. Before we can speak of effective post-school qualifications, countries need to develop solid early childhood education programmes. Though there is an obvious lacuna...
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...Preschool makes kids’ future better Some people believe that it is a waste of time to have their kids go to preschool. My stance is by attending preschool children have a head start in life and it improves their future. I interviewed a friend that has a different view. My main reason is that kids have 13 years (and then college!) that they "have" to be in school. Preschool (in my opinion) is glorified daycare that takes time away that little kids should be spending with their parents. So much of what they are taught can be learned in day-to-day life (letters and early reading, counting and numbers, colors and behavior) from their parents, family, friends, and the world they interact with. Putting most kids in a classroom setting at 2, 3 or 4 years old is not necessary. There are issues (speech or hearing delays, autism, learning disabilities, etc.) that should be handled by professionals, but even then, that does not necessarily mean a school setting. Katie didn't set foot in a classroom until her first day of kindergarten. Only one of my nephews went to Head Start, and that, honestly, was just to give my SIL a break for a couple of hours because she also had a nursing newborn. All of the 7 kids on my side of the family are doing well in school, and they've never had trouble adjusting to the rules, routine, or structure of school. Keep in mind also that one of my nephews has ADHD and Katie takes medication for ADD. My (almost) 13 year old nephew has been diagnosed with bipolar...
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...Importance of Early Childhood Education Abstract Within every moment that passes, our country is falling behind educational standards in comparison to the rest of the world. America prides on their education, but as a country the standards are not raising for students as they are in other places of the world. We now have things like the No Child Left Behind Act that inadvertently passes children to the next grade level when they do not deserved to be passed. The corruption behind our educational system must be changed, and to be changed it must begin at the beginning with the youngest children, those who can be easily taught the rewards and enjoyment of learning quicker than the older children who were never taught those things. This needed education reform must most importantly be a collaboration of school workers and parents, whom happen to be the most influential adults in childhood. Importance of Early Childhood Education Children, as the saying goes, are the key to our future; the knowledge they possess will directly affect our future. America as a whole needs to put more emphasis on young childhood education, because at a young age children are more likely to develop better educational skills and are more likely to be able to learn to enjoy education and everything it can do for an individual. The necessity and importance of early childhood education stems from our country’s need to rank higher against other countries, from education needing to be the responsibility...
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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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...The impact of early childhood programs Ditty A. Kone Strayer University Due Date: December 05th, 2010 Abstract Early childhood education programs have flourished over the past few decades as more and more parents come to believe in the benefits of starting children’s education as early as possible and find themselves in need of daycare. These programs play an important role in children education by giving them a jump-start in emotional and intellectual development. This paper will discuss (1) the importance of early childhood education programs; (2) the different types of early childhood education program and (3) the advantages and disadvantages these programs may play in young children education. Early childhood education programs are the types of educational programs that are designed for children from birth to 8 years old to improve later school performance. As we know, education is an asset for everyone and probably the most important pert when it starts at early childhood. Early childhood education programs are not only aimed to better outcomes for children and their families by providing them with a variety of support services, but they also provide learning opportunities to children. These Programs may not give to children the one to one attention some of them may need to strive but it is very important and necessary because it give most children a jump-start on education, increase cognitive skills at the beginning of kindergarten and...
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...Betrand J. (2008) Chapter 1: The Purpose of Early Childhood Programs. Understanding, Managing and Leading: Early Childhood Programs in Canada. Neslson, A Division of Thomson Canada Limited. The author concludes that children, who have parents that were involved in the child’s learning, tend to develop better social & academic skills and the amount of time also makes a difference, and working parents are less involved due to job responsibilities. The author argues that if families are involved in their child’s early development this will allow any child to benefit in areas such as; values, language, literacy, and social-emotional domains. This chapter was useful since it provides a clear understanding to the benefits of family involvement in the early childhood settings/ environments, since it provides how educators or parents support learning outcomes and effects on future learning outcomes....
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...To formally incorporate the early childhood sector into Australia’s educational system, the Commonwealth Government has, in recent years, introduced sweeping reforms designed to ‘professionalise’ early childhood education and care provision (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), 2014). These reforms were designed to replace the disparate licensing and regularity system previously administered by the state and territory governments, which had impacted negatively on the overall structure of early childhood service provision in Australia (DEEWR, 2014). To achieve this, legislation has been introduced which compels all early childhood workers to undertake formal training in early childhood education, which includes...
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...Running Head: IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL PRAYER AT ECE INSTITUTIONS. The importance of the school prayer at early childhood education institutions. Introduction Prayers in institution are very essential for nurturing young kids, and it is also a medium conveying moral values to the students. Various organizations have morning assemblies where prayers are conducted before classes assume, by having prayers, critical moral is installed in the pupils, and it sticks in the minds as it becomes a habit. (Bhavya, 2014). On the other hand, prayers create a pious condition that enables the student to gain important values in life such as discipline and humility. Therefore; the students realize the importance of ethical values in schools. Prayers also encourage students to believe in the values created by the school and afterward implement them accordingly (Bhavya, 2014). It is also assumed that teachers participating in social education of the young kids should hold a cultural model that will guide their deeds and actions. In the same regard, the cultural patterns of the community members and the society influence the behavior of kids in trying to understand the world and the actions in it (Bhavya, 2014) Very many governments across the world are based on religious principals. For in instance in United States, the declaration of independence cites “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that God endows them with certain unalienable rights…” ...
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...Intentional Teaching and its Importance in Early Childhood Education Introduction: ‘Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.’ — William Butler Yeats Reflected by an early childhood educator, it is evident the response or idea everyone has when you mention to them that you are an early childhood educator; ‘Oh, you get to play with children all day’ or, in a particular tone, ‘You must love kids’. Very limited is the understanding to how important the role of an educator is, more importantly how critical the role of an educator is in the development of a young child. Onlookers will see an educator involved in play with children but will never truly comprehend the purposeful planning that has been implemented nor the intentional teaching employed to inhibit learning. Similar is the thought process and understanding of most parents. The educators have to promote intentional teaching practices and help parents recognize its true purpose and value in supporting children’s learning and development. This essay aims to explain intentional teaching and its relation to early childhood education and care. This essay will also focus on removing or denunciating any confusion amongst educators questioning the need for intentional teaching or that the practice is a formal instruction in a play-based curriculum. Intentional teaching- Definition and its placement in ECE: ‘Intentional teaching: involves educators being deliberate, purposeful and thoughtful...
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...The clearest points to this TED is people need to spend and provide high-quality early education to make sure children build their physical, emotional, cognitive and social health. The muddies point is how we can prove high-quality early education program in our children. My reaction to the video was excited because the video introduces the importance of quality care in our school system. I can connect to this video to my experience because I have a high-quality early education program in the Dominican Republic and I feel that it help me to promote my education skill in a better way. It takes so long for the positive effects of high-quality early childhood programs to show up in children/adults because you can be able to see the development...
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...The Lack of Early Childhood Education in Minority Neighborhoods Gildon R Turner AIU Online Abstract This country prides itself in being a better place for people to come and work better and to get a better education. We are falling far too short on both counts more so with education. We are still not separated and equal. This paper will talk to you about the differences in the minority neighborhoods and why our government should be taking a closer look at the lack of early childhood education and how this education is an investment into our future. The Lack of Early Childhood Education in Minority Neighborhoods Early childhood education is an investment in our future. Haycock, K (2011) stated that, “In minority neighborhoods there are less early childhood educational facilities and if they exist low-income and minority students are less likely than their white and more affluent peers to have the teachers with the proper academic background to teach the subject matter they are teaching”. Due to the shape of the economy at the present time, it is even harder for minority children to receive this type of education. Most are one parent families and are not making the money it would cost to send their children to a good head start program. “So when black and Latino twelfth-graders perform at about the same level as white eight graders, it is not just a “minority” problem; it’s a national problem...
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...ECE 313 WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/ece-313-week-1-assignment-family-partnerships/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM ECE 313 WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS Family Partnerships. Chapter 1 focuses on the family-centered approach to early childhood education, highlighting the importance of the partnership between the family, the early childhood program, and the community to maximize a child’s development and learning. For this assignment, you will create a one- to two-page fact sheet (not including title and reference pages) you can provide to the families in your program that explains the values and challenges of a family-centered approach. The content on your fact sheet should: 1. Summarize the components of a family-centered approach. 2. Describe five benefits of a family-centered approach. 3. Describe two potential obstacles to overcome in a family-centered approach. 4. Recommend two strategies to overcome obstacles and enlist the support of parents. In addition to the required content, please be creative with your fact sheet. Keep in mind that this is a resource to be used in the classroom, so make it parent friendly and engaging. You may wish to add visuals and pictures. Be sure to also use at least one scholarly source in addition to the text to support the ideas, and cite all references in APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Activity mode aims to provide...
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...Early Childhood Education Joy Richardson [University] Early Childhood Education Essential Elements Defining Early Childhood Education Early Childhood Education has a very wide coverage including: 1) having to teach the young ones the importance of forming attachments with other people like playing with other children, communicating with other individuals, and eventually to learn how to maintain relationships which are bound to last for a long time or forever; 2) having to develop their physical skills; 3) teaching them what makes sense by developing their intellectual abilities; 4) polishing their talents, for instance, in music or art or reading or writing or singing; and 5) expanding their emotional intelligence by building their self-confidence, helping them understand their emotions, as well as, coping with it. Children’s Development’s Impact on Teaching and Learning The aforementioned elements will surely help in the children’s development and this is in turn will have an impact on the educator’s teaching and learning. Explaining further, an Early Childhood Educator who is highly passionate about his or her work always takes into consideration how the child developed after being taught or handled by him or her (RAND Corporation, 2005). This greatly impacts the teaching of the Early Childhood Educator; this adds to his or her joy since it is his or her passion to teach. This joy, in turn, will teach and motivate the child to improve more;...
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...effective early childhood leadership by taking a participant role in an early childhood-focused organisation or group. To complete the assessment, I have chosen an early childhood educational setting which is the primary school to observe the leadership processes when I actively participate in the activities associated with the group and to research the leadership strengths of the group. The primary school is located at a suburb of south Perth and it is a new primary school which only have classes for kindergarten and pre-primary children. This case study focuses on the factors that build up an effective early childhood workplace in early childhood services. Moreover, the observations of leadership...
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...ECE 214 WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT NUTRITION ISSUES To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/ece-214-week-1-assignment-nutrition-issues/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM ECE 214 WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT NUTRITION ISSUES Proper health and nutrition is of critical importance to the growth and development of young children, yet many American children suffer from nutrition issues. Choosing either malnutrition or obesity, address the following: 1. 1. Discuss the short- and long-term impacts of this nutrition issue on children’s growth and development. 2. Describe a specific child (within the early childhood age range of birth to age eight) who has this nutrition issue. This may be a child you know or you can describe a fictitious child. In your description, address how the child’s school day is affected by the issue and describe three specific ways the early childhood teacher addresses the issue in the school or center setting. 3. Describe three specific ways to combat this nutrition issue that involve collaboration among school, family, and community (e.g., parent education, school breakfast, and lunch programs, etc.. The paper should be three to four pages in length, in addition to the title page and the reference page. Use at least two scholarly sources in addition to your text. Your paper should also be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used...
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