Theorists
Maturation Theory
Who Is Arnold Gesell
The Behaviorist Theory (Genetics and Environment)
Who Is John Watson
Why should ECE remember that children learn in different ways, and at different rates?
Children’s development in their early stages is individual – children perceive and receive information and accommodate this based on their ability to and style of learning, heredity and experience.
What is Pedagogy?
Pedagogy is the topic that deals with the theory and the practice of teaching and how this influences children learning.
What Teacher is the Environment?
The Environment is the Third Teacher
9 Multiple Intelligences Theory
Who is Howard Gardner
Progressive Education (Child learning through DOING)
Who Is John Dewey
What are five ways to offer activities to support Good Thinkers?
Self-Confidence
Concentration
Estimating and Planning
Creativity and Imagination
What is Pedagogy of Listening?
Pedagogical Choices, Collect Traces, Link to Early Learning, and Collaborative Dialogue.
What is the Parent identified as? Why Is Family Involvement Important to have in a classroom?
Parents are the First Teacher. Need to report and inform them through Newsletters, Handouts, Pamphlets, and Emails. Parents can help celebrations, field trips and events.
Cognitive Development (4 Stages of Development)
Who Is Jean Piaget
Who is Waldorf
What is the difference between Emergent Curriculum and Prescribed Curriculum?
1) Emergent Curriculum - Child Directed
2) Prescribed Curriculum - Teacher Directed
What is Pedagogical Documentation?
Where you collect data and information of a child through the use of audio recordings, photos and artwork to capture a child ordinary moment.
What is the Teacher identified as?
The teacher is the second in the classroom. To offer support and help a child development and foster growth.
Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Theory (ID, EGO, SUPEREGO)
Learning Through Play
Who Is Reggio Emilia
What are the differences between Implicit Learning and Explicit Learning?
1) Implicit Learning - Learning that occurs through everyday experiences. The information is not clearly expressed or taught.
2) Explicit Learning - Learning that is being specifically taught. Information is clearly expressed and distinctly stated to children.
What is a Pedagogical Narration?
Is the process of noticing and collecting moments from daily practice and sharing these with colleagues, children and families to make children learning processes and inquiries as well as educators pedagogical choices and open to interpretation and reflection.
What is the Young Child as a Know-er?
Erikson described these personality tasks as building a sense of trust, building a sense of autonomy, and building a sense of initiative.
Social Cultural Theory (Zone of Proximal Development and Scaffolding)
Who Is Lev Vygotsky
Children give the choice to use materials that they would like to explore, and the adult demonstrates the steps to be carried out when using the new material. Children use the materials for their academic learning.
Who Is Maria Montessori
What Is the role of the Early Childhood Educator Role in program planning and implementation?
A program based on the Reggio Emilia Approach focuses on children’s strengths and interests, is child lead and can be project-based.
What is The Project Approach?
Educators support the ongoing flow and interest of children by using what approach, which has proven to be a great way to address programming. Which involves three stages of learning 1) Phase One (Topic), 2) Phase Two (Project) and 3) Phase Three Conclusion (Project).
What is Young Child as a Learner?
Piaget pre-optional stage where children organize and classify their impressions, see similarities and differences, develop a system of thinking and test conclusions, develop a understanding of concepts, and become more social, learning about relationships from other children and adults.