Day Care Premises: A Boon to the Elementary School.

Autor/inn/en	Yawkey, Thomas D.; Aronin, Eugene L.
Institution	Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Div. of Early Childhood Education.
Titel	Day Care Premises: A Boon to the Elementary School.
Quelle	(1974), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Day Care; Educational Innovation; Educational Objectives; Educational Strategies; Educational Theories; Elementary Education; Intelligence Quotient; Nature Nurture Controversy; Parent Participation; Policy Formation; Preschool Curriculum; Self Concept + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Tagespflege; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Lehrstrategie; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Elementarunterricht; Intelligenzquotient; Umweltdebatte; Elternmitwirkung; Politische Betätigung; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	This paper discusses some of the new ways of looking at the growth and development of children that were pioneered by the day care and preschool movement of the 1960's, and that are currently being adopted by the elementary schools. Specifically, five premises about child development are outlined: (1) the notion that the I. Q. is flexible; (2) the child can be taught if his present level of functioning is determined and the appropriate procedures are utilized; (3) development occurs through constant interaction with the environment: environment influences not only what development takes place, but when it takes place; (4) self-concept is extremely important; and (5) parent influence on child development can be utilized to enhance child growth and educational performance. Each of these premises is then discussed within theoretical and practical frameworks. Some of the innovative elementary school activities derived from these perspectives are described. It is surmised that increased use of such assumptions about child growth will lead again to the "discovery" of the benefits of education for the child at the earliest ages, not as an aid for the disadvantaged, but rather as an alternative in the life style of the family. (CS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01