Connect to Prior Experience
Last week you read Chapter one. This week you are required to read it again.
1) In a full paragraph describe what the content you now notice. What stands out to you that did not last week?
From your Textbook
“Several professions enrich the heritage of early childhood. This relationship has been apparent since the first nursery schools began, drawing from six different professions to create their practice: social work, home economics, nursing, psychology, education, and medicine. Three of the most consistent and influential of those disciplines are medicine, education, and psychology (Gordon & Browne, 2016, p. 12)”.
2) List the three most major disciplines that influenced early childhood education and describe the significance in a full paragraph for each.
3) Review your major assignment-Critical Issues. After reading Chapter 1-4, would you add any critical issues that as a class we should investigate?
From Extra Resources
Read Wartime Shipyard Child Care Centers Set Standards for Future
4) Reflect on this article and Chapter One. What trends do you notice and how do they impact the field of early childhood?
What will you do now?
How and when will you use this information? Reflect on how this week’s assignment supports these learning objectives for the course. No response is needed for this reflection; however, ask yourself if your responses to this project meet the goals.
Explain how societal views of childhood have impacted the way we care for and educate young children by:
Identifying historical roots
Distinguishing the major disciplines that influence the field
Investigate the major current issues involving ECE
Describe how early education models influenced children’s learning and the environments in which they can learn by:
Differentiating the evolution of educational trends and impact of ECE