CH 9.4 Early Childhood Education

Question 1

German educator Friedrich Froebel said that children are like

Answer 1

flowers: when cared for properly they blossom and become beautiful

Question 2

aims of daycare vs preschool

Answer 2

daycare: care for children when parents are at work
preschool: nurture kids’ intellectual, social and emotional growth while allowing them to socialize

Question 3

how have preschool programs today become a form of child care?

Answer 3

most programs now meet all morning/afternoon 5 days a week rather than only a few days a week for a couple hours

Question 4

Piaget’s ideas that early childhood educators have used to create their programs

Answer 4

-create environments where children can discover how the world works on their own
-the best teaching experiences are SLIGHTLY ahead of the child’s current skills
-encourage children to evaluate their consistency of their thoughts and to sort out any inconsistencies

Question 5

NAEYC

Answer 5

national association for the education of young children

Question 6

Canadian association for young children’s key points supporting play promotes cognitive development

Answer 6

-children need essential time to play
-kids need to direct their play
-kids need the decision making practice that play provides
-kids need an appropriate space in which to play
-kids need certain materials for play
-kids need adults to support and enable their play

Question 7

what did the NAEYC point out about theory and research about young children in 2019?

Answer 7

it’s been dominated by a western cultural model that doesnt reflect the realities of other cultural groups; it has western biases

Question 8

children in Head Start programs are _________ and ____________ than children who begin school w/o having been in a head start program

Answer 8

healthier and do better in school

Question 9

Head Start programs primarily help who?

Answer 9

children from low income families

Question 10

preschoolers who watched sesame street in 1969 were more proficient in what than preschoolers who watched infrequently?

Answer 10

academic skills the show targeted

Question 11

2 common concerns about tv for children

Answer 11

-creates short attention spans bc many tv programs consist of brief segments
-children can become passive and lazy because tv provides very basic information

Question 12

what is the general consensus about the effects of tv on children’s cognition

Answer 12

no strong evidence exists that tv watching has harmful effects on them

Question 13

television watching should be discouraged in children under the age of?

Answer 13

2yrs