PROFESIOONALISM AND GROWTH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
BOOK: EXPLORING YOUR ROLE: AN INTRODUCTION TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully CITE 3 SOURCES.
Assignment: Review Questions
1. Give an example and explain how you personally can become involved in a child advocacy activity within your own community.
2. List and describe the prevailing views of children within four different historical eras.
3. Explain why it is important for early childhood professionals to have a thorough understanding of the history of the field?
4. Describe five links between Neuroscience and the traditions of Early Childhood Education.
5. Using the six elements of developing a personal teaching philosophy, draft your own personal philosophy of teaching.
Read Ask the Expert: Blythe Hinitz on our Multicultural History as a Profession and answer the following questions:
6. What key historical issues does Dr. Hinitz identify as being relevant to today's classrooms?
7. How does the early childhood field differ between America and other countries?
8. Why should advocates apply a world-view of early childhood education to improve child care in America?