Early Childhood Education: A Synoptic View.

Autor/in	Spodek, Bernard
Titel	Early Childhood Education: A Synoptic View.
Quelle	(1980), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Day Care Centers; Early Childhood Education; Educational Change; Educational Development; Educational History; Educational Objectives; Educational Principles; Kindergarten; Nursery Schools; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Day care centres; Hort; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Bildungsreform; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsprinzip; Nursery school; Kindertagesstätte; Kindergarten; Vorschule; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	In this paper the elusive, integrative and common elements that unify the large and diverse field of early childhood education are sought. Present diversity among educators of young children is viewed against the historical background of variety in the implementation of kindergartens and nursery schools in the United States. The effects of federal legislation in increasing the varied purposes of early childhood programs are discussed. It is determined that kinds of services, clients served, program purposes and underlying educational ideas do not provide a unifying theme for the field of early childhood education. In conclusion, three claims are made: 1) that individual practitioners become familiar with a small area of the field and recognize that their insight contributes to the field as a whole; 2) that future developments will indicate which elements of the present diversity are most beneficial; and 3) that the field is unified because early childhood educators as a group hold and use a common belief system with shared values, definitions, concepts and slogans. (RH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC