Assessment in Early Childhood Introduction This essay follows on from a practical task completed by administering a few developmental tests to a child (age 4). The task was by no means a formal assessment in any way but rather a way for me to gain some first-hand experience and an idea as to what assessment of a young child entails as well as how to go about administering the tests. This essay will contain a discussion pertaining to psychological assessment in early childhood. What it is
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Diversity in the Early Childhood Classroom Diversity encompasses all of the differences that people possess as humans. It includes differences in race‚ language‚ gender‚ socio-economic status‚ ethnicity‚ nationality‚ abilities‚ exceptionalities‚ and geographical placement. Diversity consists of a quality that make individuals dissimilar and that brings to the classroom individuals existence experiences‚ abilities‚ talents‚ character traits‚ and preferences that enhance individuals being (Pearson
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Competency Statement VI To Maintain a Commitment to Professionalism How my professional practices meet this standard: To maintain professionalism‚ I focus on what I want to become: An Intentional Teacher. To be an intentional teacher‚ one must protect the confidentiality of his or her students and the program they are attending. It is important for an intentional teacher to present her/himself in a professional manner at all times. That includes being to work on time every day‚ dressing conservatively
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The Effects of Poverty on Early Childhood Education Because poverty affects millions of children it can bring serious consequences to the development of early childhood education. As the on line dictionary website known as Wikipedia states: Poverty is the condition of lacking basic human needs such as nutrition‚ clean water‚ health care‚ clothing‚ and shelter because of the inability to afford them. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution. Relative poverty is the
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The Future of Early Childhood Education If you ask someone to list for you the most important jobs of our society‚ teachers always make the list sometimes beating out careers like doctor or lawyer. Ironically‚ for a career we value so much‚ teaching has never been a well paying profession. But times are about to change. Due to an increasing demand and a fixed supply‚ salaries for early education teachers are expected to increase within the next decade. The United States Board of Labor ranks
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in the early childhood field‚ requires a significant amount of information a individual should know.. The field depends upon understanding specific guidelines linked to a profession or task. Along with being apprehensive to following procedures related to teaching or dealing with situations. Participants in the field‚ must have certain qualities and skills. These requirements‚ skills‚ and guidelines all go hand and hand into Professionalism and Ethics. Professionalism in early childhood‚ channels
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It has become very evident in recent years that father involvement in a child’s education has become an important part of early childhood. Studies have shown that fathers are an important part of how successful children will be throughout their school years. The purpose of this paper is to discover the reasons that father involvement is important and what early childhood educators are doing to involve fathers to lead to greater success of overall father involvement. In order to succeed educators
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Professionalism: Goal 1: To maintain my commitment to professionalism. As a growing professional‚ it is my responsible to adhere to the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s Code of Ethical Conduct. I understand that in order to run a successful business‚ or obtain a position as an Early Childhood Educator‚ I must conduct myself in a professional way. By staying committed to being a professional I know that I have to be wise in my dealings with the children left in my care‚ with
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The Benefits of Early Childhood Education Introduction Early childhood education is a term that is used to commonly describe the formal teaching and care of young children by individuals or professionals other than their family or in settings outside the child’s home. Based on the definition provided by the National Association for the Education of Young Children‚ early childhood education spans the child’s life from birth to the age of eight. That being said‚ the general definition
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EARLY CHILDHOOD Parents label early childhood‚ which extends from 02 to 06 years‚ as the problem‚ the troublesome or the toy-age; by educators as the Pre-school-age; and by psychologists as the Pre-gang‚ the exploratory‚ or the Questioning-age. Physical development proceeds at a slow rate in early childhood but the physiological habits‚ whose foundations are laid in babyhood‚ become well established. Early Childhood is regarded as the teachable moment for acquiring skills because children
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