John amos comenius early childhood education

PV001 History and Evolution of the Early Childhood Field

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Short Answer 1
For each of the names listed below, write a 1-paragraph response that describes the individual’s contribution to the early childhood field.

John Amos Comenius

From the description he was Czech theologian philosopher who advocated for universal learning materials (textbooks) and language. He also believed that children should enjoy learning more in the case they are methodically taught in early years. Additionally, he thought that instruction should move in a general to specific therefore it should start from easy to difficult hence, children should be engaged with nature. Finally, he taught that education should start from earliest days of childhood and it should continue throughout the life.

Johann Pestalozzi

He believed in a whole-child approach which mainly focused on head, heart and hands. According to him, education was like a vehicle which shapes and creates a more just society. Therefore, he believed in universal education to all since through education a just society is created. His approach has been adopted by many for instance early mode of education was advocating for education among the children to boost confidence more people.

Friedrich Froebel

He is known as childhood education pioneer. The greatest contribution especially to the care and education of young children was the invention of kindergarten. Which was adapted to a variety of international settings. Additionally, he believed that human are essentially productive and creative. He followers resulted t the Froebel movement which was to establish kindergarten across the states hence making child education more essential and universal to all.

Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori always said her greatest contribution was that she observed children and discovered. Their true characteristics and the true nature of their work. She found that the work of the child during the early childhood years is the building of the man or woman of tomorrow. Montessori broke gender barriers and expectations when she enrolled in classes at an all-boys technical school, with hopes of becoming an engineer

Susan Blow

As an important leader in education from Missouri. She founded the first public kindergarten in St. Louis and ran it for eleven years without any pay. Blow worked hard to give young children a good start in their education

John Dewey

Was an American philosopher and educator who helped found pragmatism, a philosophical school of thought that was popular at the beginning of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the progressive movement in education, strongly believing that the best education involves learning through doing

Patty Smith Hill

Was a leader in the Kindergarten movement and an advocate of the value of free play in the education of young children. John Dewey's principles of education influenced Hill greatly, especially his theories of progressive schools and moral education

Caroline Pratt

This experiment led to her launching the Play School, which embodied a child-centered approach to education. with a strong emphasis on community as children worked together to reconstruct their experiences through play.

Lucy Sprague Mitchell

A leader in the child study movement, Mitchell saw herself as an experimentalist. In addition, she democratized progressive education by spreading its ideals through teacher education and the development of children's writers. He was also the founder of Bureau of Educational Experiments (BEE)

McMillan Sisters

They advocated for school meals and open one of England’s first school-based health clinics. Margaret said, in 1918, when it became statutory to have Nursery schools preferably open air that a garden grown humanity cannot be as the humanity of the grime and of the street.
Short Answer 2
For each of the significant events or research named below, write a 1-paragraph response that describes its impact on the early childhood field.

The Kindergarten Movement

It was a small coterie of German emigre who was devoted to the educational idea of Fredrich Froebel. Its impact is that it resulted to the development of communication skills that helped reading and writing, it resulted to the responsibility and independence. It also aided children in getting good amount of growth in general.

The Inclusion Movement

It was a movement which advocate for the rights of people with disability. Therefore, the movement championed for freely accommodates people with physical, mental, cognitive and developmental disability. Its impact was that it allowed all aspect of child development to be supported. Therefore, it was necessary for child to grow in adapting skills, self-help and social skills. In general the movement was set up to promote learning in all developmental areas by imitating peer model and work partners which have skills.

The Progressive Education Movement

It is defined as the kind of education movement which emphasizes more on experience than formal learning. Therefore, it is based more on experiential learning that concentrate on the development of child’s talents. Impact is that education for women affected the movement. It also undermines the need of going to school since it is not a must one to get formal education rather than experience.

Founding of National Association for Nursery Education (NANE)/ National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

The movement was initiated by Patty Smith in 1926. It aims was to concern about the proliferation of educational programs for preschool children staffed by individuals without adequate knowledge about child development and effective strategies for child education. To increase understanding and support for high-quality early childhood education. NAEYC works among policymakers and the public through its education, advocacy, and public awareness activities. NAEYC also sponsors the Week of the Young Child each spring to focus public attention on the rights and needs of young children.

The Bureau of Education Experiments

It was led by network of women who pioneered in the one education of twentieth-century America. The movement came as an idea and work of founder Lucy Sprague Mitchell and Harriet Johnson who was among experimental educator. Impact of the movement is that it resulted in improved social skills and better performance grades. The Bank Street Bookstore opened in 1970 in the lobby of Bank Street College, moving to its second location on 112th Street and Broadway shortly thereafter. Now located on Broadway and West 107th Street, Bank Street Book Store operates as a community bookstore for New York's Upper West Side, selling children's books and educational toys and games. The bookstore also hosts readings, daily story time, and celebrity events, with past guests including Stephen Colbert, Julianne Moore, and author Jeff Kinney.

Works Progress Administration Nurseries

Was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. Coan resigned as the state WPA director to return to private business. Governor Hoey refused to appoint him chairman of the State Highway Commission, after all, because of Coan’s closeness to Bailey and Doughton. Coan had served three and a half years, spent $60 million, and helped an average of 40,000 North Carolinians a year get WPA jobs. While he had mixed politics and relief, he kept the agency free of financial scandal.

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act

It is providing federal funding to US states in support of prevention, assessment, investigation, prosecution, and treatment activities and provides grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for demonstration programs and projects. Additionally, it identifies the federal role in supporting research, evaluation, technical assistance, and data collection activities; establishes the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect; and mandates the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information. It also sets forth a minimum definition of child abuse and neglect.

The Economic Opportunity Act and the Founding of Head Start

Authorized the formation of local Community Action Agencies as part of the War on Poverty. These agencies are directly regulated by the federal government. It is the purpose of The Economic Opportunity Act to strengthen, supplement, and coordinate efforts in furtherance of that policy

Hart and Risley’s Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children

Betty Hart and I have been working together for thirty-five years, since 1965, actually. We did that with the poorer African-American kids from the poverty. In terms of field trips and experiences and discussions about those experiences and slope with which we saw new words come into the children's everyday speech.

Perry/High Scope Preschool Project

The Perry Preschool Project established the lasting human and financial value of early childhood education and led to the establishment of the High Scope Education Research Foundation and one of the first early childhood programs in the United States intentionally designed to increase school success for preschool

Short Answer 3
In a 4- to 6-paragraph response, identify at least three early childhood professional organizations. Describe the purpose of each organization and explain its significance to the early childhood field. Provide a citation for each organization.
First is the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (NAEYC). It is mainly focusing on the educator who works with children.

Secondly, Association for Childhood Education International- It works with children from birth to their teenage years. Through the organization, educators can get the support and professional resources that they need. The ACEI provides the latest information about best practices in early childhood education (Meyer, 1971). There are also grants, awards and scholarships to help educators learn more about the field.

National Head Start Association (NHSA)- This is one of the professional early childhood education associations that is devoted specifically to Head Start children. The NHSA is designed to support the Head Start community through training and professional development. It performs research, releases the latest information and provides resources for educators Brooks-Gunn, 2005).

From the above organizations, their respective purpose and function in which each of the organisation plays has been elaborated in detail. Therefore, childhood education is one of the key issues the society should consider when planning for the future. It is argued that future generation lies to the development of the kids. Maybe through advocating of the above organisation the stake of early childhood education is respected and adhered to. If there was no such organization am sure their evolution of education sector will be diminished.

References

Brooks-Gunn, J. (2005). Ask NHSA dialog. NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Intervention Field, 8(1), 1-3.

Meyer, A. L. (1971). Association for Childhood Education International. Clinical pediatrics, 10(12), 736-736.

Powell, D. R. (1989). Families and Early Childhood Programs. Research Monographs of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Volume 3. National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1834 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009-5786 (NAEYC Publication# 142, $6.00).

Short Answer 4
In a 2- to 3-paragraph response, identify at least one organization that advocates for children and families. Describe the purpose of the organization and describe one current advocacy issue this organization is working on today. Provide a citation for the organization.

Alliance for Strong Families and Communities- The Alliance is an affiliation speaking to private, not-for-profit infant and family bearer partnerships (Kabaci, 2015). Its people give a variety of administrations going from private consideration to local maltreatment counteractive action and intercession. The test of the Alliance is to fortify the capacity of its individuals to serve and prompt for children, families, and networks.

The Alliance ended up designed by means of a merger among claim family administration the us and the countrywide connection of homes and contributions for kids in 1998. The organization are used to make sure that family are protected and therefore putting the concern of the family at hand first, therefore making the organization to advocate for the children and families against any infringement of their rights. According to Kabaci (2015) promotion off strong community alliance with public school is one of the key solution in respect to safeguarding children and their respective families.

Reference

Kabaci, M. (2014). Family and Consumer Sciences Graduate Research Productivity in 2013. Family And Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 43(2), 107-115. doi: 10.1111/fcsr.12089

Short Answer 5
Identify at least two peer-reviewed publications that inform early childhood practice and expand the professional knowledge base. In a 4- to 6-paragraph response, summarize the main focus of each publication, and explain how it informs early childhood practice and/or expands the professional knowledge base. Provide an APA citation for each publication.
Goffin, S. C. (1996). Child development knowledge and early childhood teacher preparation: Assessing the relationship—A special collection. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11(2), 117-133.The early care and preparing territory is characterizing what its technique to be an early life master, interest for early care and tutoring specialists is drifting, and the statistic setting for arrangement of early care and instruction projects is moving. Moreover, the control of kid improvement and its examination strategy are progressively more underneath attack. Such a test has direct ramifications for the training of early life teachers. However, substances of the early care and training zone muddle the profession's ability to answer.

Buysse, V., Sparkman, K. L., & Wesley, P. W. (2003). Communities of practice: Connecting what we know with what we do. Exceptional children, 69(3), 263-277.The early care and preparing territory is characterizing what its strategy to be an early life master, interest for early care and tutoring experts is floating, and the statistic setting for arrangement of early care and training projects is moving. besides, the order of youngster improvement and its examination strategy are progressively more underneath ambush. Such a test has direct ramifications for the training of early life educators. However, substances of the early care and instruction zone confuse the profession's ability to answer.

Woodrow, C. (2008). Discourses of professional identity in early childhood: Movements in Australia. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16(2), 269-280.The arrangement of early youth tutoring and deal with kids and family units has acquired uncommon system enthusiasm for late occasions. in the subsequent inclusion streams, contending and conflicting talks of master character have developed. Partially, these likewise are formed by methods for prevailing political and budgetary talks, and interface with present and rising talks of polished skill inside the early youth area to each compel and build conceivable master personalities. this bulletin investigates a couple of measurements of those inclusion directions, especially the inexorably overwhelming nearness of corporatized childcare, and most recent strategies to modify early developmental years educators and courses. The capacity impact of those on conceptualizations of expert personality inside the Australian setting is examined, and structures of stressing, reconceptualized administration and the idea of 'durable want' are signposted as conceivable calculated assets for building powerful early life proficient characters.

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Summary

From the completing the BSN curriculum and achieving the program outcomes will prepare me in the meeting the UTM nursing department in the following ways. First the curriculum has introduction to which it has talked about different people who have contributed to nursing and early childhood. This therefore acts as the basis of nursing. Additionally, the curriculum has also signified events in nursing. Third the curriculum talks about organization of childhood and lastly organization advocating early childhood. Through this, I am sure to meet the nursing department since I had solid background of nursing and the need to achieve in my nursing career.

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