School Readiness: A Policy Examination of Teaching and Learning for Early Childhood Education

2009 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Callejo Pérez ◽  
Allison Swan Dagen
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
School Readiness ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Childhood Education

Tying Early Childhood Education More Closely to Schooling: Promise, Perils and Practical Problems

2013 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Robert Halpern
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Achievement Gap ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
School Improvement ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
School Readiness ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Childhood Education

Background Over the past decade or so, the idea of joining early childhood education (ECE) and schooling has gained currency in the educational reform arena. Numerous education reform proposals and plans include ECE as a component. Scores of school districts around the country have added preschool classrooms to at least some of their elementary schools. National organizations representing governors, chief state school officers, school boards, and principals have all called for public school systems to include and integrate ECE into plans for school improvement. Purpose/Objective One specific framework for bringing ECE and schooling closer together is “prek-3rd.” The broad goal of prek-3rd is to encapsulate formal learning experiences in the 3–8 years age period and create a distinct, coherent whole out of them. In this article, I use prek-3rd as a vehicle for exploring the implications of more closely linking ECE and schooling, focusing especially on philosophical and practical issues raised by this objective. I will examine the reasoning of proponents and raise questions about their assumptions. Research Design Analytic essay. Conclusions/Recommendations The example of prek-3rd suggests that there are many positive aspects to the idea of bringing ECE and early schooling closer together. These include an extended time frame for holding on to a developmental orientation; a complex view of the child, and sensitivity to individual differences; the longitudinal perspective on learning and mastery; the balance in attention to teaching and learning; and the broadened time frame for considering the transition to school. Yet, at least in the American context, it is not such a good idea to bring ECE and schooling closer together. Initiatives like prek-3rd will provide one more opening for downward pressures on early childhood providers. The schools (as a whole) have a history of failing to respect the integrity of other institutions that join them in efforts to better meet children's needs. Thus far, all that has been accomplished by tying ECE more closely to schools making ECE less early-childhood-like. The needs of schools are just too powerful and end up overwhelming the identity of institutional partners. Ultimately, the risk in binding ECE and schooling more closely together derives from a set of related cultural problems. The first can best be described as losing the present to the future—the very problem with school readiness as the central goal of ECE. The second problem is a misunderstanding of the processes at the heart of child development. Children are not raw human capital to be carefully developed through schooling to meet the demands of a globalized labor force. Americans urgently have to rethink how they wish to account for children, the virtues that are important to nurture, and the role of adult institutions in the process. There is a clear risk in extending the line that already connects schooling to global competitiveness down into early childhood, asking ECE to address not only the achievement gap but the global achievement gap as well. If the school for young children has to be preparatory and provide continuity with the elementary school, then we as educators are already prisoners of a model that ends up as a funnel … It's [the funnel's] purpose to narrow down what is big into what is small. — Loris Malaguzzi, interview with Carolyn Pope Edwards (cited in Drummond, 2007, p. 211).

scholarly journals How to Use Challenge-Based Learning for the Acquisition of Learning to Learn Competence in Early Childhood Preservice Teachers: A Virtual Archaeological Museum Tour in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Abril-López ◽  
Dolores López Carrillo ◽  
Pedro Miguel González-Moreno ◽  
Emilio José Delgado-Algarra
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Virtual Museum ◽  
Learning To Learn ◽  
Virtual Tour ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Challenge Based Learning ◽  
Museum Tour

This article presents the research results in relation to an interdisciplinary teaching innovation project—Teaching and Learning of Social Sciences and Teaching and Learning of Natural Sciences—with Early Childhood Preservice Teachers (ECPT) at the University of Alcalá (Spain) in the pandemic context by COVID-19 during 2020–2021 (N = 55): 52 women (94.55%) and 3 men (5.45%) from 20 to 22 years of age. The main research problem is to know if the ECPT improves the learning to learn competence after a challenge-based learning (CBL) linked to virtual tour in a museum. The main objective was to improve the learning to learn competence, during a virtual tour at the Community of Madrid Regional Archaeological Museum (MAR) (Alcalá de Henares, Spain) for a reflective training of students to understand problems of the past and present and future global challenges, promote collaborative and multidisciplinary work, and defend ethics and leadership. In order to ascertain the level of acquisition of this competence in those teachers who were being trained, their self-perception—pretest–posttest—of the experience was assessed through a system of categories adapted from the European Commission. ECPT worked, in small groups and using e/m-learning tools, ten challenges and one storytelling cooperatively with university teachers to solve prehistoric questions related to current situations and problems. Subsequently, two Early Childhood Education teachers from a school in Alcalá de Henares reviewed the proposals and adapted them for application in the classroom of 5-year-old boys and girls. The results show an improvement in this competence in Early Childhood Preservice Teachers: total score pre-post comparison paired-samples Wilcoxon test result shows a statistically significant difference (p > 0.001); an evaluation rubric verified the results of self-perception. Second, we highlight the importance of carrying out virtual museum tours from a challenge-based learning for the development of big ideas, essential questions, challenges, and activities on socioeconomic, environmental, and emotional knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Third, this experience shows the insufficient educational adaptation of the virtual museum tour to the Early Childhood Education stage from a technological and didactic workshops point of view, but there is a diversity of paleontological and archaeological materials and a significant sociocritical discourse.

scholarly journals Professionalism Enhancement of Ece Tutors Through K13 Learning Devices Production Training In Cibitung Tengah Village, Bogor Regency

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Yenina Akmal ◽  
Hikmah Hikmah ◽  
Ika Subekti ◽  
Ichtineza Halida Hardono
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Associate Degree ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Moral Concept ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Average Education ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Interest And Motivation

<p><em>Abstract</em><strong> - The presence of Early Childhood Education (ECE) tutor in Cibitung Tengah Village Tenjolaya District Bogor Regency is really needed for early childhood in order to become a guide in the ECE institutions. The problem occurred is that the average education level of ECE tutor is diverse, from Middle School, High School, Associate Degree, and Bachelor Degree. In this condition, we can say that those ECE tutors had not had the knowledge and insight about the ECE, namely the 2013 Curriculum, the ECE concept, and the learning devices. Training, along with the research about the role of those training itself, are need to be done in order to answer this question for increasing the knowledge and insight of ECE tutor using action research method. The results showed the enhancement of conducted training, including the enhancement of interest and motivation to develop their knowledge and insight about the ECE. Extended with the existence of WhatsApp group as a platform for communication between ECE tutors and UNJ researchers in the efforts to enhance the professionalism of ECE tutors, in the context of mentoring, ECE Tutors in the Cibitung Tengah, Tenjolaya Village were also involved in the learning devices production training in order to apply the religious moral concept to the ECE in the teaching and learning process at the UNJ and also to observe Ceria Daycare of the Department of ECE, Faculty of Education, UNJ.</strong></p><p><strong>Keyword - </strong>Early Childhood Education (ECE), 2013 Curriculum, Learning Devices</p>

scholarly journals Implementasi Pengembangan Karakter Keagamaan dan Potensi Kecerdasan Anak Usia Dini (Studi Kasus di PAUD Ceria dan Tamasha Valaq Pangkalpinang)

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Soleha Soleha ◽  
Adian Husaini ◽  
Endin Mujahidin ◽  
Didin Saefuddin
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Learning Plan ◽  
Potential Development ◽  
Annual Activity ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact

<p>The existence of Early Childhood Education (PAUD) is immensely needed in the midst of our society. Still, there are many PAUD wich is not conduct yet their development process as required by mandate. Their existence are rarely concern and prioritize the quality of their institution, but quantity. Consequently, there are many PAUD which still have not conducted their learning process accordance with regulation, that is Permendiknas No. 58 year 2009 on standard of Early Childhood Education (PAUD). This research focused on the problem of implementation of early childhood religious character and its intelligence potentials, especially in PAUD Ceria dan Tamasha Valaq. Through its development the research tried to see the growth of religious and moral values, while the intelleigence was saw through physical, cognitive, language and socio-emotional potential.On the other side, the educational process was conducted using learn and play, exemplary, and internalization method apllied to the learners/kids. The research used a descriptive approach that tried to revealed phenomenon holistically and contextually by colleting data. The Early Childhood Education (PAUD) where this reasearh conducted is PAUD Ceria dan Tamasha Valaq in Pangkalpinang. Source of data is derived from Pangkal Pinang national department of education, Kindergarden Teacher Association (IGRA), Association of Indonesian Early Childhood Education (HIMPAUDI) Province Pangkalpinang, PAUD�s manager, teachers, representation of learners and their parents. Analyses method used by this research is qualitative method which used to find implementation of religious character intelligence potentials development in both of PAUD. The result showed that the process of learning conducted by both of PAUD already meet the standard of Early Childhood Education. Eventhough, each of PAUD have itself differencies. Implementation of religious character and intelligence potential development in their curriculum is adjusted with each institution due to absence of standard of curriculum. Learning plan areconsist of arranging annual activity plan, semester activity plan, weekly activity plan, and daily activity plan. According to the percentage of survey result, the impact of religious character development in both of PAUD is realy high. Significant average of every akhlak and its indicators is more than 50%. It proved that habituation and exemplary learning for early childhood are more effective.Result of intelligence potential development are vary due to the difference of aptitude and creativity of every child. From this research, researcher suggest the using of CTL (Contextual Teaching and Learning). It is suggested to make the teachers become more creative in developing the process of learning. As for developing intelligence potentials use the thematic development model systematically and holistically.</p><p>Keywords: Anak usia dini, karakter keagamaan, potensi kecerdasan</p>

scholarly journals Formação de professores/educadores para o ensino e a aprendizagem das capacidades espaciais na educação infantilTeachers’ training in space capacities for teaching and learning in early childhood education

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Maria Pavanello ◽  
Leila Pessôa Da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Teachers Training

Apresenta a metodologia empreendida em projeto de pesquisa desenvolvido pelo GEPEME/UEM - Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Educação Matemática Escolar da Universidade Estadual de Maringá, cujo objetivo foi o de investigar se a participação em um projeto de produção de material para o ensino e aprendizagens da geometria, em especial o relativo às capacidades espaciais, direcionado aos seus alunos a Educação Infantil proporcionaria o espaço adequado para um processo de formação na docência das professoras/educadoras nele envolvidas a partir do que elas sabem e de como desenvolvem esse ensino. Considera sua importância a partir do estabelecido na LDB 9394/96 de que esta é a primeira etapa da Educação Básica atendendo crianças - de zero a três anos na creche e de quatro e cinco anos na pré-escola - e ainda, o fato de atualmente haver poucas indicações, para essa faixa etária, tanto metodológica como de material didático, para o desenvolvimento das capacidades espaciais, com foco nos campos de experiências estabelecidos na BNCC de forma interdisciplinar.

scholarly journals Optimalisasi Pemanfaatan Internet Untuk Peningkatan Kualitas Guru dan Mutu Pembelajaran Pada Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Flourensia Sapty Rahayu ◽  
Findra Kartika Sari Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Types Of Information

Abstract. Internet is one of the types of information technology can be utilized to facilitate and improve the quality of human life in various aspects. In the field of education, wide open opportunities the Internet can be used to improve the quality of teachers and quality of teaching and learning process. This study attempted to get an idea about the condition of Internet used by teachers of Early Childhood Education and give solutions that can be used by the community of early childhood educators. The solutions we give are (1) socialize the use of the Internet for early childhood teachers in Indonesia so that they can dig their own needs that can be obtained from the Internet, (2) procure computer for teachers so they will have access to the Internet, and (3) construct a portal that can be used as a community center of early childhood teachers in Indonesia. Keywords: Early Childhood Education, portal, Internet utilization, quality of teachers, quality of teaching and learning process Abstrak. Internet merupakan salah satu jenis Teknologi Informasi yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk mempermudah dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup manusia dalam berbagai aspek. Dalam bidang pendidikan, terbuka luas peluang Internet dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan kualitas guru dan kualitas proses belajar mengajar. Penelitian ini berusaha untuk mendapatkan gambaran tentang kondisi pemanfaatan Internet oleh para pendidik Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini (PAUD) dan selanjutnya memberikan solusi yang dapat digunakan oleh komunitas pendidik anak usia dini. Solusi yang penulis berikuan adalah (1) melakukan sosialisasi tentang pemanfaatan Internet untuk para guru PAUD se-Indonesia sehingga mereka dapat menggali sendiri kebutuhan-kebutuhan mereka yang bisa didapatkan dari Internet, (2) pengadaan komputer untuk guru di seluruh Indonesia. Pengadaan ini diperlukan supaya guru-guru mendapat kemudahan dalam mengakses Internet, dan (3) pembangunan sebuah portal yang dapat digunakan sebagai pusat komunitas guru PAUD se-Indonesia.Kata Kunci: Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini (PAUD), portal, pemanfaatan Internet, kualitas guru, kualitas proses belajar mengajar

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