Tonight I watched a you tube video of Lilian Katz at the 2011 World Forum Foundation. (I can't access a whole podcast for some reason).
Dr. Katz spoke about the differences and similarities in Early Childhood in different countries - like teachers across the world speaking of themselves in the third person ' "Mrs. Frick needs you to sit down" as an example even though I am Mrs. Frick!
She had told a story about Principals of teaching - to which she told her son. The main principal was:
* teach the learner how to show you where he is (please show me one more time)
She told another story about a parent who told her "Don't let my son play with dolls" and she let him because developmentally that is ok and it was his choice. - - I pose the questions, what would you do in this situation?
Dr Katz spoke of what experiences should children have frequently beyond the test?
Being intellectually challenged and engaged
define skills in purposeful ways
frequent experience of confidence in own questions
extend conversations with adults and peers
making choices
generating questions
sustained involvement in investigations
overcoming obstacles and set backs, evaluating them
help others to understand each other
make suggestions to others
feeling of belonging
What experiences do you think children should have?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXel4dZV7D0&list=UU_2LTbe8sJQqjyK0qujq3yA
New insights from this for me were what do I think children should be frequently exposed to? What content is important for life experiences? It's not about right and wrong or even standards but what a child needs at that moment in time.
I also researched the website http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/about-us/
3 new insights from an international perspective:
* Teachers and learners here aren't searching for a specific end goal achievement test but rather a platform for children to learn, be challenged, become international speakers and leaders, contribute solutions to problems, and to contribute to educational standard and norms. The standards and norms used for UNESCO, are principals used all over Europe and Asia. American just figured a Common Core and there has been alot of questions/debate on whether to use it or not. If America is going to surge forward as an educational leader, what national changes need to be made so states can prepare learners?
Hot topics, research, and other information in Early Childhood Education.
Danielle,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the you tube link, I never thought about using you tube to do research. You seem to have gotten some valuable information from watching the video. What a child experience in their childhood will carry on later in their lives.