| A | B |
|---|
| 2 purposes of ECD | Support learning/development & provide care for children |
| Most common placement for child care | Home based |
| Other types of child care | Centers, schools, public, & private |
| Trilemma | Quality, Compensation, Affordability |
| Quality | Clean, adult supervision, quality of teacher, positive relationships |
| Compensation | Salary of teacher |
| Affordability | Cost for parents/families |
| High quality | Safe, Positive interactions (w/children & adults), Encouragement for social/emotional growth |
| Family background | Cannot decide direction |
| Head start | response to Govn't to fight poverty, help nutrition/mental health/physical/dental/education/social & emotional development components |
| High/Scope Program | "Plan-do-review", independent learners, active participation {ideas from Pigaet} |
| Developmental-Interaction Approach | Interactions with people/places/things, integrated curriculum based on community projects |
| Waldorf Education | German philosopher, spiritual {mind/body/experience}, environment is warm/homelike.natural, self-discovery/experience/hands-on, mixed age groups |
| Montessori Method | Structured/ordered, child-sized, trained teachers, partnership among teachers/children/families/community |
| Comenius | Valued mothers being 1st teacher(up to age 6), created 1st picture book, believed in universal education |
| Locke | Child is a "blank slate", NURTURE. |
| Rousseau | Disagreed w/adult intervention, child should learn through self/natural discovery |
| Pestalozzi | Helped poor/orphan children, first "modern" elementary school |
| Owen | Social reformer, helped poor by providing a nurturing/secure environment {for working children} |
| Frobel | Created 1st Kindergarten, gave 'gifts' to children |
| McMillan Sisters | Social reformer, outdoor activities, nursery school focusing on hygiene & safety |
| Dewey | Progressive Education (prepare children to become democratic citizens} |
| Montessori | Self-correcting materials {child-sized} |
