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Assignment Week 1- Part 2: Entering the Research Process/ Beginning Your
Research Simulation from General Topic to Subtopics
Student
Name: Angie Woods
Restate
my general early childhood research topic I would like to research the topic is
theirs a difference in early childhood field then elementary field. In the
schools here in the Delta of Mississippi most teacher think there is as if the elementary
field is better. So I am glad to research more about this topic so that I can
have a better understanding in the two fields and can explain my knowledge to
most of the people I work with can understand the two fields. My professional
is that I am a Permanent Substitute Kindergarten teacher at a school which the
name of the school is called James C. Rosser Elementary. In a very small town
called Moorhead Mississippi it seems like theirs a debt between the two fields
among most teachers and few administers in the local area where I live. In my
research of the topic I discover a naeyc position statement of developmentally
appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth
through age 8. In the naeyc position statement there was some real good
important information tips about my general statement topic.
One of my subtopic I would like to address
that was part of my learning was creating improved, better connected education
for preschool and elementary children. In the naeyc position
statement it stated that preschool education and elementary education each with
its own funding sources, infrastructure, values, and traditions have remained
largely separate. In fact, the education establishment typically has not
thought of preschool as a full-fledged part of American public education. Among
the chief reasons for this view is that preschool is neither universally funded
by the public nor mandatory. Moreover, preschool programs exist within a
patchwork quilt of sponsorship and delivery systems and widely varying teacher
credentials. Many programs came into being primarily to offer child care for
parents who worked.
In recent years, however, preschool’s
educational purpose and potential have been increasingly recognized, and this
recognition contributes to the blurring of the preschool elementary boundary.
The two spheres now have substantial reasons to strive for greater continuity
and collaboration. Still from my understanding I see no difference in how the
two fields are different from the other field. As it goes on further in the
information of this topic which gave my wondering a more clear understanding to
my debt was that, the world of early care and education stands to gain in some
respects from a closer relationship with the K–12 system. Given the shortage of
affordable, high-quality programs for children under 5 and the low compensation
for those staff, advocates see potential benefits to having more 4-year-olds,
and perhaps even 3-yearolds, receive services in publicly funded schooling. Proponents
also hope that a closer relationship between early-years education and the
elementary grades would lead to enhanced alignment and each sphere’s learning
from the other, resulting in greater continuity and coherence across the preK
-3 grade spans.(2) My second
subtopic is recognizing teacher knowledge and decision making as vital to
educational effectiveness. I think teacher should have the right to know the
directing and scaffolding of teacher’s work is helpful. Teacher’s provide the
best teaching and learning for children in which it varies with the differences
among administrators , plus teachers themselves in the context in which they
work. (3) My third subtopic is
learning more about the naeyc is this renewable license program since both
fields are alike at an aspect of grade levels. I am lost in trying to see if it’s a license
like most teachers with a degree in elementary education have to gather ECU
hours up for to keep their license. So how is it done for teachers in early
childhood field that’s in the program of naeyc programs? But I do understand that both fields are the
same from prek-3 it’s more of working together in learning children.
The three
ways I anticipate that researching these topics might be significant for young
children, their families, and/or the field of early childhood. (1) The first way is that both fields are
significant for young children and their families. It goes in ways by helping
the children development and learning occur in are influenced by socially and
culturally. It reduces the learning gaps and increasing the achievement of all
children. Children learn more how to interact with other children besides their
own cultures as well. (2) It gives
help to many families with low income to provide a safer and academically early
start for young children. By preparing a head start in school at a younger age
so when children start school they’ll be more prepared and ready to learn more. (3) The third way in researching the
topic might be significant to the field of early childhood is that no matter
what people may say or try to low standardize the field of early childhood. As
long as you’re an educator the things that early childhood teachers are the
mold of the children first being. Everyone main goal is to teach children to
the best of your knowledge there is no field is better than another field.
Because everyone serves the same purpose that’s to teach children to our best knowledge
and standards.
References List
1. Developmentally
Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSDAP.pdf
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