Explain how the following early years settings reflects the scope and purpose of the sector. The early years sector in the United Kingdom is quite complex‚ and unlike many European countries it was not developed by government policy with specific aims but came about in response to families’ requirements which were based on changing economical and social factors. In the second half of the twentieth century public expenditure on early year’s provision focused on families with social needs and
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Should high quality nursery schools be set up for helping poor children? As we know‚ poverty is ubiquitous phenomenon all over the world. Some people continually complain that they are just getting the minimum salary‚ and the society does not help them to shake off poverty. In most of their life time‚ they have to face the reality to deal with the difficult situations that they find unfair. However‚ poverty affects children who have no abilities to get through it that is really unequal in the
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What should good K-12 education should look like? Education is unarguably of utmost important. However‚ defining what good education in general should look like is no easy task. The reason for that is if we were to look up several education models that are considered the best‚ they will not be the same. Bearing that in mind that there is more than one possibility‚ what would a good education look like? Though there are numerous components that contribute to a good K-12 education‚ in this essay‚ only
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I am a native of Florida‚ a small town in the panhandle. I am the oldest of three. My parents had me while still in their teenage years. Doing the best they could‚ we all seemed to grow up together. I first became interested in working with children as a babysitter in my early teens. Even if I didn’t get paid I enjoyed being with young children. As time progressed I began to work in the nursery at church then moved on to the preschool age children. That’s when I found my love of Preschoolers;
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My search for a research site has brought me to various establishments‚ but choosing one that allows me to observe without any feelings of violations towards any individual is very tricky. My first few chosen sites felt uncomfortable‚ these were at a park (children playground)‚ a bus stop‚ and a bank. Yes‚ I know. These places made me felt as if‚ I was the one being watched. My other places (ones that I didn’t get a chance to entertain were‚ a library‚ Dave and Busters‚ and a public train. However
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In early childhood education‚ we model our programs after highly respected models such as‚ Montessori‚ High Scope‚ and Reggie Emilia‚ Creative Curriculum‚ etc. We all have our own approaches to education. In the following paragraphs I will summarize two curriculum models‚ compare and contrast two of the curriculum models and compare the one that best matches my own educational philosophy. High/Scope curriculum is based on Piaget’s concept that children are asctive learners who construct their
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Embedded Assessment #2 How does culture make us who we are? Culture constantly instructs the way one views others in the world. People have many different ways of thinking and doing things‚ therefore everyone will not see eye to eye when it comes to explaining how culture constantly instructs the way one views others in the world. Family life and culture influences the way we see things. Like in “Two Ways to Belong in America” Mira is influenced by her family’s Indian culture. Even though she lives
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Kindergarten By James E. Gunn “Kindergarten” is a short sci-fi story written by James E. Gunn in 1970. The story sets itself through a “not so bright” child’s unusual journal‚ which he in his kindergarten is assigned to keep throughout seven days. The journal keeps his thoughts about a special task his kindergarten teacher has given him. He’s been told to develop a creation of life by playing with solar systems and astronomical environments. The fact that we follow his progress from drawing
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In regards to the newly state-mandated‚ textbook-based curriculum for Kindergarten‚ I am apprehensive to the benefits of such said curriculum for children so young. Although textbooks cover lots of information in a given subject they aren’t nearly as effective as age-appropriate literature in their ability to interest children in the area of topic and getting them excited about learning. Kindergarten aged children will most likely see typical textbooks as boring and/or overwhelming. At this age
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Achievement 1. Children who attend full-day kindergarten learn more in reading and math over the kindergarten year than those in half-day programs. (Lee‚ Burkam‚ Honigman‚ Meisels‚ 2002) This is after adjusting for learning differences associated with race/ethnicity‚ poverty status‚ fall achievement level‚ sex‚ class size‚ relative amount of time for subject area instruction‚ and the presence of an instructional aide. (ECLS study) 2. Children in full-day kindergarten have higher achievement test scores
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