What to Look for when Visiting Early Childhood Classes

Autor/in	Katz, Lilian G.
Titel	What to Look for when Visiting Early Childhood Classes
Quelle	In: Gifted Child Today, 30 (2007) 3, S.34-37 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1076-2175
Schlagwörter	Early Experience; Investigations; Communicative Competence (Languages); Young Children; Early Childhood Education; School Visitation; Observation; Child Development; Student Experience; Age Differences; Interaction; Active Learning; Relevance (Education); Language Acquisition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühbeginn; Untersuchung; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Frühe Kindheit; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Beobachtung; Kindesentwicklung; Studienerfahrung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Interaktion; Aktives Lernen; Relevance; Relevanz; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb
Abstract	The question of what to look for when visiting early childhood classrooms can be addressed on the basis of a set of fundamental developmental principles. In this article, the author outlines five developmental principles that can be invoked when seeking answers to the question every educator must address when creating a curriculum, namely: What should be learned?: (1) Strengthen children's understanding of their own experience; (2) The younger the children, the more they learn from direct firsthand experience; (3) The younger the children, the more they learn through interactive rather than passive processes; (4) The younger the children, the more important it is that what they are learning has horizontal versus vertical relevance; and (5) Children's dispositions to seek in-depth understanding of experience and events is strengthened when they have early experience of in-depth investigations. She also discusses another important goal of a curriculum of special importance during the early years which is the development of communicative competence. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10