Early Childhood Education in Japan and the United States: A Comparison of Regular Education (Kindergarten and Daycare Programs) and Special Education Programs∗

1996 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Landerholm
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Regular Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Special Education Programs

Teachers’ perspectives on communication and parent engagement in early childhood education programs for migrant farmworker children

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Smith
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Parent Engagement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Migrant Farmworker ◽  
Childhood Education

As early childhood education programs in the United States increasingly serve a growing number of children from linguistically and culturally diverse families, understanding teacher practices to better serve these families continues to be an important focus for the profession. In programs that serve migrant farmworker families, little is known about teachers’ communication practices and ways in which teachers promote parent engagement with migrant farmworker families. This article explores the practices of teachers relevant to family communication and engagement in Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs, a branch of Head Start program for farmworker families, mostly of Mexican origin. This study used qualitative methods of in-depth interviews and a focus group to bring forth the perspectives and lived experience of Spanish-speaking and English-speaking teachers working with farmworker families in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Key findings illustrate the role of shared language and culture, mediated language barriers, the reliability of interpreters and written communication, and authentic ways of creating home–school connections with the migrant farmworker community.

Child Care Services

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Lein
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Custodial Care ◽  
Child Care Services

Child care services, enabling parents to commit themselves to paid employment while providing a supervised environment for their children, have a long and complex history in the United States. Child care services can provide children with educational and other advantages, as well as custodial care. In fact, the United States has multiple kinds of services providing child care and early childhood education. Publicly funded services have concentrated on care for impoverished children and those facing other risks or disadvantages, but many of these children and their families remain unserved because of gaps in programs and lack of support for subsidies, while other families purchase the services they need.

scholarly journals Young children’s citizenship membership and participation: comparing discourses in early childhood curricula of Australia, New Zealand and the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
LG Phillips ◽  
Jenny Ritchie ◽  
JK Adair
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Comparative Education ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Children And Childhood

© 2018, © 2018 British Association for International and Comparative Education. Recognition of young children as citizens is relatively new in sociology, with translation emerging into education. Discourses of children and childhood shape ideas of young children as citizens and national discourses of citizenship frame what civic participation can be. The authors analysed national early childhood education curricula frameworks of Australia, New Zealand and the United States to understand how discourses authorise constructions of children as citizens and opportunities for young children’s civic participation. They sought to locate how children are positioned as citizens and what opportunities there are for young children’s citizenship participation in national early childhood curricula documents of Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Illustrative examples of children’s citizenship membership and participation from the three nations’ early childhood curricula were critically read to locate how prevalent discourses of children, childhood and citizenship in each nation define children as citizens and shape possibilities for citizenship participation for young children.

POTENSI PEMBELAJARAN AUDIO DAN RADIO INTERAKTIF DALAM MEMBERIKAN PELAYANAN PENDIDIKAN ANAK USIA DINI DI INDONESIA (SUATU KAJIAN TEORITIS)

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-111
Author(s):  
Denny Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The United States ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
Simple Technology

Many challenges must be faced by thr GOI in developing the program, nowadays the Govemment of lndonesia (G01) through Early Childhood Education (ECE) Department has been enhancing early childhood education programs for 0 to 8 year old children. The major challenges are children access to early childhood education services and quality of early childhood education programs. Considering the challenges, The United States Agency for Intemational Development (USAID) in partnership with Indonesia's Ministry of National Education is currently implementing a small scale interactive audio instruction (1AI) pilot program targeting 5-6 year olds and their teachers in seven provinces. The program can simultaneously lead acfivities to kindergarten children and teachers as well as train the teachers, who don't have early childhood education background, and how to create high qualityactivities for children. Because of its' simple technology, the program can be applied in various Indonesia district condition, This paper explores the potential role a simple technology can play in assisting the government meet its early childhood education goals and discusses whether something as commonplace as a CD player or radio, when coupled with a proven education methodology, could present a cost effective way to achieving quality at scale.

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