Linguistic, and Physical Lessons Are Not Learned Separately by Very Young Children

1 www.onlineeducation.bharatsevaksamaj.net www.bssskillmission.in Introduction to Early Education Topic Objective: Understand Content Knowledge Understand Pedagogical Knowledge Understand Professional Knowledge Understand Professional Dispositions Understand Philosophy of Education Definition/Overview: Early childhood education: Early childhood education regards education in early childhood, which is the most vulnerable stages in a persons life. According to the NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children), it spans the human life from birth to age eight. Infants and toddlers experience life more holistically than any other age group. Social, emotional, cognitive,WWW.BSSVE.IN linguistic, and physical lessons are not learned separately by very young children. Adults who are most helpful to young children interact in ways that understand that the child is learning from the whole experience, not just that part of the experience to which the adult gives attention. Researchers in the field and early childhood educators both view the parents and/or families as an integral part of the early childhood education process. Early childhood education takes many forms depending on the theoretical and educational beliefs of the educator or parent. Much of the first two years of life are spent in the creation of a child's first "sense of self" or the building of a first identity. This is a crucial part of children's makeup--how they first see themselves, how they think they should function, how they expect others to function in relation to them. For this reason, early care must ensure that in addition to employing carefully selected and trained caretakers, program www.bsscommunitycollege.in www.bssnewgeneration.in www.bsslifeskillscollege.in 2 www.onlineeducation.bharatsevaksamaj.net www.bssskillmission.in policy must emphasize links with family, home culture, and home language. Care should support children's families rather than be a substitute for them. Key Points: 1. Content Knowledge In todays educational world, parents and families contribute as much as teachers, students, and administrators to the educational processmaybe even more. More than any other time in history, involving these community players represents a high priority of most school settings. The measured and researched positive effects of parent involvement on student academic achievement pushes this area into the focus of most school district and early childhood program goals. Along with the academic benefits of parent/family involvement comes the necessity to transition diverse families into sincere, effective relationships with their children's teachers. The family structure of today bears little resemblance to the ones of pre-World War II, post-World War II, the 60s, the 70s, AND the 80s. While in previous generations, many children grew up a two parent, husband-wife home, many of todays children grow up in single parent homes, broken (divorced) parent homes, mixed (step) family homes, intergenerational (grandparent) homes, guardianship (aunt, uncle, cousin, sibling) homes, and homosexual (lesbian, gay) homes. Families have changed but children have not. They still need a home where they can feel safe, their basic needs of love, food, shelter,WWW.BSSVE.IN and clothing are met as well as preparation to become future active participants in society. 2. Pedagogical Knowledge Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) is a framework to understand and describe the kinds of knowledge needed by a teacher for effective technology Integration. The idea of pedagogical content knowledge was first described by Lee Shulman and TPCK builds on those core ideas through the inclusion of technology. The TPCK framework argues that effective technology integration for teaching specific content or subject matter requires understanding and negotiating the relationships between these three components: Technology, Pedagogy and Content. A teacher capable www.bsscommunitycollege.in www.bssnewgeneration.in www.bsslifeskillscollege.in 3 www.onlineeducation.bharatsevaksamaj.net www.bssskillmission.in of negotiating these relationships represents a form of expertise different from, and (perhaps) broader than, the knowledge of a disciplinary expert (say a scientist or a musician or sociologist), a technology expert (a computer engineer) or an expert at teaching/pedagogy (an experienced educator). 3. Professional Knowledge Teachers work as part of systems, and professional associations. Professional teachers understand and embrace productive use of social and professional networks as sources of support. They are knowledgeable about current education policy and policy-makers and can inform and influence policy formation at various levels, i.e. departmental, school, local, state, and national. 4. Professional Dispositions The terms dispositional belief and occurrent belief refer, in the former case, to a belief that is held in the mind but not currently being considered, and in the latter case, to a belief that is currently being considered by the mind. A distinguishing feature of adaptive expertise is the ability to apply knowledge effectively to novel problems or atypical cases in a domain without glossing over distinctive factors. Adaptability allows experts to recognize when rules and principles that generally govern their performance do not apply to certain problems or situations. Moreover, studies have shown that this flexibility can result in better performance than that of experts who do not display cognitive flexibility, resulting in, WWW.BSSVE.INamongst other things, better technical trouble shooting; workplace error avoidance; and more accurate medical diagnosis. 5. Philosophy of Education The philosophy of education is the study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education. This can be within the context of education as a societal institution or more broadly as the process of human existential growth, i.e. how our understanding of the world is continually transformed via physical, emotional, cognitive and transcendental experiences. It can naturally be considered a branch of both philosophy and education. www.bsscommunitycollege.in www.bssnewgeneration.in www.bsslifeskillscollege.in 4 www.onlineeducation.bharatsevaksamaj.net www.bssskillmission.in Topic Objective: Understand Contemporary Issues Understand Federal and State Involvement in Early Childhood Programs Understand The Reggio Emilia Approach Understand New Directions in Early Childhood Education Definition/Overview: Education: Education is the learning of knowledge, information and skills during the course of life. Teachers may draw on many subjects, including reading, writing, math, science and history. Teachers in specialized professions such as astrophysics, law, or zoology may teach only a certain subject, usually as professors at institutions of higher learning. There is much specialist instruction in fields for those who want specific skills, such as required to be a pilot, for example. Finally, there is an array of educational opportunity at the informal level- such as with museums, libraries and the Internet. Informal education also includes knowledge and skills learned during the course of life, including education that comes from experience. Other terms those are often used interchangeably with "early childhood education" is early childhood learning," "early care," and "early education." Early childhood education often focuses on children learning through play. The term, "early childhood education,"WWW.BSSVE.IN is often used to describe preschool or baby / child care programs. Early childhood education is also incorrectly referred to by many as "babysitting." This stigma is widespread and many do not seem to understand the importance of educating young children.[who?] Due to early childhood learning spaces being more holistic and based around play centers many (without a trained eye) think that what trained educators are doing is providing play opportunities for children, with no structure or assessment of abilities. Much of the first two years of life are spent in the creation of a child's first "sense of self" or the building of a first identity.This is a crucial part of children's makeup--how they first see themselves, how they think they should function, how they expect others to function in relation to them.For this reason, early care must ensure that in addition to employing carefully selected and trained caretakers, program policy must emphasize links with family, www.bsscommunitycollege.in www.bssnewgeneration.in www.bsslifeskillscollege.in 5 www.onlineeducation.bharatsevaksamaj.net www.bssskillmission.in home culture, and home language. Care should support children's families rather than be a substitute for them. Key Points: 1. Contemporary Issues The primary audience for Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood is early childhood students (graduate and undergraduate) and educators as well as those involved in associated family and community services. The multi-disciplinary focus ensures that the journal is relevant to professionals from a wide variety of inter-related disciplines that consider issues related to the lives of young children. For example, these may include social workers, allied health professionals and policy-makers as well as professionals who conduct research into the social contexts of education, literacy and numeracy, the new information technologies, the sciences and the arts. Additionally, it has a broad appeal to teachers and researchers interested

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