Curriculum
The psychologist who founded high scope.
Who is David Weikart?
High scope was invented for what age group?
What is preschool ages three to five?
The room is organized and labeled to promote independence and encourage children to carry out their intentions.
How is a high scope room organized and prepared?
Students are encouraged to choose what materials they would like to use and teachers are in place to support and guide.
What is the role of a teacher in High Scope?
Children showed more prosocial and less antisocial behaviors.
What is a positive aspect of High Scope?
To ensure young children receive a high-quality education and in-depth knowledge of new ideas and the confidence to help children succeed.
What are conferences for High scope education curriculum?
HighScope regards parents and teachers as partners in promoting children's learning.
What is the role of families in the HighScope model?
Approaches to learning
Language,literacy, communication
Social and emotional development
Physical development, health and well being
Arts and sciences
How is high scope curriculum organized?
Build academic skills, develop socially and emotionally, and become part of a classroom community.
What distinctive features identify High Scope?
Low-income students had better achievement scores.
What is another positive aspect?
The theory incorporates modern-day findings in brain and cognitive-development related to children.
What is the philosophy of High scope?
Has a well-established assessment system called the preschool child observation record.
How are children assessed in the HighScope model?
Planning time: 10-15 minutes
Work time: 40-60 minutes minimum; includes cleanup time at the end.
Small group time:15-20 minutes
Large-group time: 10-15 minutes
Outside time: 30-40 minutes
Transition times: variable including arrival and departure time
Eating and Rest times: variable
Adult-team planning time: 20-40 minutes
What is a high scope schedule?
Teachers arrange and equip the classroom with diverse, open-ended materials that reflect children's home, culture, and language.
What is the role of the learning environment and how is it prepared?
Children learn through play.
What is the best thing about High scope?
Plan do sequence
What is a curriculum focus of high scope?
Families need to be updated on class activities, projects, and their child's progress.
What is another role of families in high scope?
Support and extend the children's learning by observing and listening. asking appropriate questions and by scaffolding learning experinces
What is the role of a teacher?
Students are encouraged to learn by engaging in hands on experiences as well as interacting with adults, other children, materials, and events.
What is the role of HighScope?
Children are expected to know more and more each year by the time they get into kindergarten.
What is the downfall of High scope?