The Course On The Perspectives Of Early Childhood And Elementary

Education has been an important part of my life since a very young age. Growing up I have always strived to do my best in school. In my sophomore year of high school I realized how important education was to me and decided that I wanted to be a teacher. From Elementary School to College I have always been close with my teachers and professors. I still visit and talk too many of them today, this made me realize that I wanted to be that teacher for my future students.

Early Childhood Education illustrates the teaching and care of children in other environments outside of the home. Early childhood centers on the development of all children no matter their gender, race, abilities, or ethnic orientation and gives knowledge of early childhood learning process, which entails values, culture, desires of parents for their children, and especially a child’s need for knowledgeable functionality in society.

My philosophy of Early childhood education is based on research that indicates that a child’s growth is developmental. Every child is unique in terms of life experiences, developmental readiness, and cultural heritage. A high quality early childhood program that provides a safe and nurturing environment, which promotes physical, social, emotional, language and cognitive development will ensure a positive continuation of the child’s education process

Pascoe begins by pointing out ways in which the school as an institution plays a crucial role in the formation of masculinities. She often noticed teachers routinely ignored homophobic and sexist comments made by students. Students were never really punished for using words like “fag,” “gay,” or “dyke”. What are less obvious and more upsetting than the criticisms of the sex-ed program are the varied examples of the ways that “Heterosexual discourses were embedded in the physical environment of the classroom, teachers’ instructional practices, and students’ classroom behavior” (p. 39). From the pictures of boy/girl pairings on the walls, to the homophobic jokes between male students and male teachers, the schools’ complacency with heterosexism becomes undeniable. In one instance a boy and girl left the Winter Ball early, two vice principals joked “You two going to a hotel or what”? I feel that if two male students walked off that the administrators would have reacted in a different manner.

When you send your children off in the morning to go to school, no matter what grade they are in whither it be elementary, junior high, or senior high, you expect that they will receive the best education that they can get. They should be asked challenging questions, encouraged and called upon to participate in class, they should also be given as much help as they need to secede by the teacher. However, this is most commonly not the case. Parents and the children themselves are unaware of what is going on because gender bias is not a noisy problem. Most people are unaware of the secret sexist lessons that occur every day in classrooms across the country. In this essay I will use two essay's from the reader:

Before deciding to pursue my Associates Degree in Business Administration I too was trying to receive my degree in Early Childhood Education and Development. I have a 2 year old daughter so I realized my passion for being a mother and I had decided I wanted to teach preschool. My reason for deciding to change my associate degree was for more opportunities for advancement and income. I find it incredible that you are a nanny, it probably takes tons of patience and also extremely fun.

Her intention behind interviewing Leonard Sax for the interview was to provide teachers with the tools to better engage students based on their gender and as a result combat gender stereotypes in schools. The ideas presented would be easy to implement in the classroom, if the right balance of styles that work better for the different genders is found. However, while the techniques provided by Dr. Sax in the interview to help better engage boys and girls in schools would indeed be helpful, they are not helpful in reaching the goal to end gender stereotyping in education. By completely disregarding students who are transgender, gender queer, or gender non-binary, Dr. Sax and Angela Watson completely erase a community of students who exist in today’s schools. They also do not consider the issue that different learning styles do not always directly correlate to gender, and by suggesting they do are unknowingly contributing to gender stereotypes in

Children with greater awareness about themselves have a greater chance to succeed in school. Gender stereotyping has negative impacts on children, affecting their school experiences, self- esteem and career. Gender identity is implanted into children from the time they were born by their families, culture and society. When they move into school life, teachers take a considerable effort to help children overcome barriers that has formed due to gender identity. New migrants, who carry beliefs and traditions in their heritage culture, get to understand and respect another culture, becoming a bicultural. This combines the positive aspects of both cultures, to get an enriched experience, especially for the children in their school experience. Parents have a greater responsibility in nurturing children, making them understand about the socio-cultural issues and how to overcome them. As gender bias is preached and demonstrated at home, parents have a greater responsibility to replace them with unbiased experiences for

Critically examine the key ideas associated with early years education in Reggio Emilia. What might be learned from such practices?

In the last few decades more and more young individuals identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, which has sparked a level of interest in educators, as well as researchers to determine the amount of students who feel uncomfortable in their school settings, and why. This research paper will inform educators what the need to understand and protect the students in their classroom in order to create a more diverse, healthy and cooperative learning environment for all students. When students are in the educational setting they should not be afraid to attend school or be uncomfortable; educators should make their classrooms and their school a safe havens for all students, no matter their sexual preference. The purpose of this paper is to inform the readers about the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community history, how it suffers harassment, prejudices, school difficulties, policies that are in place to assist students, as well as some possible solutions to assist in the education setting.

The principles of democracy depend on the input of people in wanting to fulfill and reach the same goal. A classroom that carries out instruction and promotes democratic values must provide students with a comfortable atmosphere in order to participate. Participation facilitates communication. Communication leads to a more productive learning environment. A more productive learning environment will encourage and motivate students to thrive on their success and make inspired choices as they continue to grow within their

On September 22, 2015 an article was published on Global News, which was entitled “‘Girl talk’ or ‘career exploration’? Texas school’s gender segregation peeves parents.” In this article, Patricia Kozicka discusses the controversial issue regarding Borchardt Elementary School in Texas, in which students in grade four and five were divided into separate classes based on their gender (Kozicka, 2015). According to the article, it is reported that, at the beginning of this school year, females and males would be placed in separate classes in which they would focus on different curriculums (Kozicka, 2015). Specifically, that females would focus on confidence and relationship building skills, whereas, males would focus on career and future aspirations (Kozicka, 2015). The principle cleared up the issue with an email stating that the class would be split based on gender, however, both would still receive the same curriculum only with different schedules of the lessons and more emphasis on particular topics (Kozicka, 2015).

Although some students of same sex families found that they received the message that they should not discuss their families within a school environment, as well as being silenced by their teachers when the topic arose (Lindsay et al. as cited in Dempsey, 2013, p. 18). This is an example of teachers using the null curriculum where they purposely omit information from the class room, it is important for teachers to respond in a way that does not limit topics such as gender diversity (Blaise & Nuttall, 2011, pp. 92, 93.) The country that children raised by same sex parents appears to have an influence on the likelihood of bullying indicating that the socio-cultural climate has bearing on the child’s wellbeing (Dempsey, 2013, p. 17). There is the opportunity that Australian schools may lead social change in the view to same sex families and in supporting family diversity (Mitchell & Ward, as cited in Dempsey, 2013, p. 18). Same sex families within the education system lead to the need for educators to have a larger understanding of children families, their communities and cultural diversity including socio-cultural factors that may influence curriculum

Early childhood education lays the foundation for future success. Therefore, primary education is a basic right that every child should be entitled to. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, one in five children received a primary education in the past and the proportions have considerably increased now to 59%. But even with this considerable increase to children who receive a primary education, literacy rates haven’t improved due to the inadequate quality of education. Therefore, lack of an adequate primary education is a problem in sub-Saharan Africa because it causes low literacy rates that harm the overall welfare of those countries and it could be best solved with a better internal education system and some external monetary aid.

I firmly believe that it is the parent’s responsibility to be the primary educator and caregiver to a child. As such, parents ought to know what is taught in school regarding gender identity, and be able to opt their children out of classes with which they disagree with based on their views; whether they be scientific, religious, or based on personal experience.