ECE REVIEW PRACTICE TEST.
My definition of early childhood education is to foster children's development and learning.
I believe that the early
... [Show More] childhood education is for children from birth to age of 6 and its purpose is to help children reach their optimum level of development in physical, psychological, emotional and social aspects.
The text definition of early childhood education is a group setting that affect children development from birth to age 8. My belief is that early childhood education is not limited to group setting because I believe that parents also play an important role in children's development. Most children in Canada spend most of their first year at home rather than in a group setting.
The textbook defines early childhood education from birth to age 8 whereas I believe it ends at age of 6. I believe that early childhood education ends at 6 is because most children at this age have moved on to elementary schools. In - CORRECT ANSWER Define early childhood education in your own words. Include age ranges and what you believe to be its purpose. Contrast this to the text definition and defend your position.
1. John Comenius wrote the first picture book for children. He believes that children learn at their own speed so educators should follow this timetable. He encourages parents to have their children to play with each other to foster learning.
2. John Locke believes that children were born neutral as a "clean slate" and learn from experiences. He suggested that the instruction should be fun for the children and should be taught through senses to help children to understand.
3. Jean Rousseau believes that children were naturally good and should be allowed to have spontaneous interest and activities. This led to free play for children and have children to decide what to learn.
4. Johann Pestalozzi starts the idea of the integrated curriculum for the whole child's development including the hand, the head and the heart.
5. Friedrich Froebel who is known as the "Father of Kindergarten". He started the first kindergar - CORRECT ANSWER Identify and describe seven key people who influenced the field of early childhood education before 1930. With whom would you have liked to have studied or worked? Why?
• Through Maria Montessori's observation, she realized that children learn from what they find in their environment. This lead to providing children with prepared environment that have child-sized furniture and materials in the classrooms.
• She believes that children could teach themselves if we could help them with the self-creating process. She developed the sequential steps of learning which is reducing tasks to simpler and easier steps. - CORRECT ANSWER Maria Montessori made several contributions to education. What are some of her theories and how did she adapt them for classroom use?
I believe that
• a stimulating environment can foster children's interest and motivation to explore and learn.
• the purpose of educators and parents is to guide and support children in their learning process throughout the development.
• ECE centers serve as a small community where children to learn their communication, emotional and social skills with their peers.
• it is the parents and educators' responsibilities to provide children the opportunities to learn.
• individuals are different, so it is important for children to recognize their own individualistic. - CORRECT ANSWER Write your own pedagogic creed. List five of what you consider to be the most important beliefs you hold about educating young children.
Sigmund Freud from the medicine field
• His ideas are that a person's early life dramatically influences a person and that early experience affects he/she lives and behaves in adulthood.
• He started Psychoanalytic theory about personality development and emotional problems.
• Sigmund Freud theories emphasize the importance of early childhood experience and how it can affect a person in their adulthood. This makes me put emphasis on early childhood education. [Show Less]