Early Childhood Education
Asking “Google” questions prevent us from thinking. The author of “Is Google Making Us Stupid” declares that “In the quiet spaces opened up by the sustained undistracted reading of a book … we make our own associations, draw our own inferences and analogies, foster our own ideas” (Carr 743). Forming our own thoughts comes from true comprehension, something that the Internet does not provide. The Internet is too accessible within the twenty-first century. With having technology at our fingertips; we lose the ability of using our brains to solve simple routine tasks. Carr describes the Internet as “becoming our map and our printing press and our typewriter, our calculator and our telephone, and our radio and TV” (738). Our devices have become a conglomerative apparatus. Our iPhones and Samsung Galaxies are computers, cellphones and radios. We cannot even perform basic algebra in our heads without using a calculator. Technology makes education easier, but slows down brain development in young
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An institution such as Head Start strives to fight poverty with educating children from low socioeconomic families. Parette, Quesenberry, and Blum emphasize the purpose of early childhood education settings as the ability to “(a) successfully transition into public school, (b) participate effectively in the curriculum, and ( c) demonstrate achievement in key content areas” (337). The only way children can achieve in the curriculum is to learn the fundamentals. In order to read and write, one must know the alphabet. Handwriting is essential to know how to succeed. Within the twenty-first century, handwriting is being replaced by print. There are no cursive written letters being sent out to loved ones any more due to electronic mail. Although the integration of technology will prepare our children for this technological age, brain development will decrease. The fundamentals such as cursive writing strengthens our cognitive skills but are dwindling because of technological advancements. Technology stands in the way of the purpose of early childhood education, which is the mastery of
An institution such as Head Start strives to fight poverty with educating children from low socioeconomic families. Parette, Quesenberry, and Blum emphasize the purpose of early childhood education settings as the ability to “(a) successfully transition into public school, (b) participate effectively in the curriculum, and ( c) demonstrate achievement in key content areas” (337). The only way children can achieve in the curriculum is to learn the fundamentals. In order to read and write, one must know the alphabet. Handwriting is essential to know how to succeed. Within the twenty-first century, handwriting is being replaced by print. There are no cursive written letters being sent out to loved ones any more due to electronic mail. Although the integration of technology will prepare our children for this technological age, brain development will decrease. The fundamentals such as cursive writing strengthens our cognitive skills but are dwindling because of technological advancements. Technology stands in the way of the purpose of early childhood education, which is the mastery of