What Should Young Children Be Learning? ERIC Digest.

Autor/in	Katz, Lilian G.
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Urbana, IL.
Titel	What Should Young Children Be Learning? ERIC Digest.
Quelle	(1987), (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Child Development; Early Childhood Education; Elementary School Curriculum; Experiential Learning; Interpersonal Relationship; Learning Activities; Learning Strategies; Preschool Curriculum; Small Group Instruction; Student Projects; Teaching Methods; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Lernaktivität; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Schulprojekt; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	This digest discusses curriculum and teaching strategies for early childhood education which best serve children's long-term development. Two dimensions of development, normative and dynamic, are considered with respect to what children should be learning. Four categories of learning are identified, namely, knowledge, skills, feelings, and dispositions. Presented is the view that young children learn most effectively when engaged in interaction with others in the classroom, with materials, and with their surroundings. The risks of early academic instruction are examined, and the importance of using a variety of teaching methods in an informal setting is stressed. Suggested is an intellectually oriented approach in which children interact in small groups as they work together on projects which help them make sense of their own experience. (PCB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC