As a former elementary school teacher, the early education
field is completely new to me so the majority of the information that I have
learned in this program is relevant to my current professional
development. While evaluating the Zero to Three website, I found the report
Common Vision, Different Paths:
Five States’ Journeys toward Comprehensive Prenatal-to-Five Systems (2007), which was co-authored by Pre-K Now and
Zero to Three. The report provides
information about the history of early education in five states: California,
Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania. Since I live in California, this information
pertains to my professional development.
For instance, I did not know that in California, early childhood
education began 60 years ago, in 1943.
There is an article on the
Zero to Three website which directly addresses economists supporting the early
childhood field. The article, Partnering with the Business Community &
Economists to Advance a Birth to Five Policy Agenda (2007), provides
several tips and examples of how early childhood programs can partner with
businesses.
References
Dugger, R. H., & Rappaport, D. M.
(2007). Partnering with the business
community & economists to advance a birth to five policy agenda.
Retrieved from http://zttcfn.convio.net/site/DocServer/Partnering_with_the_Business_Community_final.pdf?docID=4361
Pre-K Now & Zero to Three (2007).
Common vision, different paths: Five
states’ journeys toward comprehensive prenatal-to-five systems. Retrieved
from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Common_Vision__Different_Paths_Final.pdf?docID=4521
Learning about early childhood is also a little new to me. I will be teaching 3rd grade in Arizona next year, but after reading about all of the issues and trends, I have been thinking if I wanted to focus more on early childhood grades for my next job. What grade are you currently teaching right now?
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting that both of you have worked in the elementary school grades. Do you find a lot of similarities in pedagogy and practice of ECE vs. the primary grades?
ReplyDeleteHow are you liking the transition of going from Elementary Education to Early Childhood education? Great post!
ReplyDeleteWhat differences and similarities do you see between elementary education and the early childhood field? I have always thought of them as one field and not two separate ones.
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