Early Childhood Education

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Chim Richard Wong
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
Us Congress ◽  
State Of The Union ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Us ◽  
Equity And Efficiency ◽  
Full Day

During his State of the Union address on February 12, 2013, US President Barack Obama referred to University of Chicago Professor James Heckman’s research and his finding of a 7–10% return on investment per annum for certain early childhood education programs. These rates of return are higher than those for equity in the stock market between 1945 and 2008. In 2013, the US Congress introduced a bill to expand access to high-quality, full-day preschool for 4-year-olds from low- to moderate-income families. Professor Heckman pointed out that early childhood educational policies such as this bill are socially fair and economically efficient. There is no trade-off between equity and efficiency. Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run, and promote prosperity.

scholarly journals Academic Motivation And Approaches To Learning In Predicting College Students' Academic Achievement: Findings From Turkish And US Samples

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baris Cetin
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
School Education ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The Us

The aim of this study is to determine if approaches to learning and academic motivation together predict grade point averages (GPAs) of students who study at Primary School Education and Preschool Education in Turkey and of students who study at Early Childhood Education in the US. The first group of participants included 166 third- and fourth-year students at Georgia Southern University’s Early Childhood Education Department during the 2014 spring semester. The second group of participants included 455 third- and fourth-year students who study at Canakkale 18 Mart University’s Primary School Education and Preschool Education Departments during the 2013 spring semester. It was found that approaches to learning and academic motivation together did not predict GPA of students who studied in Turkey or the US.

Evidence Supporting Comprehensive Early Childhood Education for Disadvantaged Children

1982 ◽  
Vol 461 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID J. IRVINE ◽  
MARY D. HORAN ◽  
DAVID L. FLINT ◽  
SUSAN E. KUKUK ◽  
THOMAS L. HICK
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Disadvantaged Children

Delivering Integrated Early Childhood Education and Development Through Family in Focus

2020 ◽  
pp. 233-250
Author(s):  
Ndwakhulu Stephen Tshishonga
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Vulnerable Children ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Education And Development

This chapter explores the potential of home-based early childhood education in democratizing the sector especially for poor and disadvantaged children. Considering the huge number of children not accessing early learning centers, alternative ECD is optional. Family in Focus is one of the alternative ECDs formed in 1987 to cater for the needs of the poor and vulnerable children in the Western Cape Province. The focus of this programme is on the family as the primary source of care of young children. Through the FIF programme, home visitors are trained and supported to reach out to these children and their caregivers in order to develop the skills and capacity of caregivers to stimulate and develop their children effectively in their own homes. The chapter argues that the introduction of Family in Focus (FIF) as an alternative ECD programme could serve as a strategy to make ECD accessible to poor and disadvantaged communities.

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