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Early Childhood Education Essentials

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1. Overall psychological atmosphere of the classroom.






2. Casting -Puts block in cup






3. During the second stage - students will begin to use one-word utterances and short phrases to communicate socially - express a need - or reply to a question. We need to again provide these students with frequent opportunities in the classroom to inte






4. Children choosing their activities - materials - & experiences; learner-centered experiences; opportunities to touch - manipulate & experiment; a range of expectations for children; extensive talking - reading - & writing; opportunities to make decis






5. Creating products like paintings - drawings - etc.; creating a poem or acting out a play; socio-dramatic play (creating forts - tents - etc.); and making collections - organizing - trading and displaying collections.






6. Condition in which repeated attempts to control a behavior fail - resulting in belief that the situation is uncontrollable






7. Fine motor will hold spoon or rattle - will drop object and reach for second offered object - holds bottle






8. Intended to differentiate between those persons who are normal and healthy in a particular respect form those who are not






9. Group differences






10. An overarching method for teaching students that includes carefully planned lessons presented in small - attainable increments with clearly defined goals and objectives. Often includes lecture - demonstration - review of student performance - and stu






11. Teachers Focus on behavior - not the student - Use class meetings to change behavior in the classroom - Students take ownership in the rules they help establish - Based on creating a safe space to learn


12. Individual differences in temperament - personality - and motivation






13. The simplest form of direct observation - is a brief narrative account of specific incident






14. Schema - Information Processing - Mapping






15. Social and language eager to follow rules - less rebellious - relies on outside authority to control the world - has 2100 word vocabulary - recognizes three colors - asks meanings of words - uses sentences of six to eight words






16. If not - they will develop a sense of inferiority.


17. In Vygotsky's theory - the range between children's present level of knowledge and their potential knowledge state if they recieve proper guidance and instruction






18. In adolesence) individual must demonstrate a pattern of behavior in which other people's rights are violated - norms are ignored or rules are broken. Aggression to people & animals - destruction of property deceitfulness or theft - serious violation






19. 1902-1994; Field: neo-Freudian - humanistic; Contributions: created an 8-stage theory to show how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting 'Who am I?'






20. Hold's objects






21. Students are affected by the school's term. Issues that impact term include bullying - teasing - cliques - threats to personal safety - freedom to take risks or make mistakes - collaborative groups - gender relationships - and the structure of the cl






22. By generativity Erkison refers to the adult's ability to look outside oneself and care for others through parenting - for instance. Erikson suggested that adults need children as much as children need adults and that this stage reflets the need to cr






23. They learn through an inner process to explore - experiment - and discover.






24. Fork and spoon - Names friends - interactive play






25. Students make meaning in a variety of ways. According to Piaget's theory - children move from the preoperational to the concrete operational and then the formal operational stage during their school years. One students can make sense more easily thou






26. Four elements of observational learning 1.Attention 2.Retention 3.Production 4.Motivation and reinforcement






27. Promotion of democratic prinicples - teaching of common values - and educating a diverse culture of global society






28. In result of a federal court decree - the San Francisco school system was integrated - and about 2 -800 Chinese students didn't speak English. About 1 -000 of these students received instruction on English - and the rest did not. Those who did not de






29. Sense of confusion when a student encounters a culture with behavioral expectations very different from those previously learned.






30. Education - reducing risk behaviors - HIV screening - preventing mother-to-child transmission -preparedness - Research-CDC - medical professional - Internet search - Family and medical contact - respect for child - clean classroom and awareness of we






31. One with which any tactile activity can cause discomfort and even pain. Some children are particularly sensitive to touch and this is usually discovered early on - when - as an infant - he will not like being touched or held.






32. 10 months






33. May be caused by/confused by differences in socioeconomic status (SES) - Some students have physical or mental health issues that lead to term in the classroom. Collaborating with families and colleagues who know the child's needs can help the teache






34. Kicks ball - Climbs stairs one at a time






35. Trust vs. mistrust - Autonomy vs. shame/doubt - Initiative vs. guilt - Industry vs. inferiority - Identity vs. role confusion - Intimacy vs. isolation - Generativity vs. stagnation - Ego integrity vs. despair






36. Age; cognitive development; language - culture - family - community values - individual experiences - talents - motivations and prior learning.


37. Educational setting for special needs child that most closely resembles a regular school program and also meets child's special educational needs.






38. Application in the Classroom: Guided learning- making the children believe they are coming up with the ideas -Look at things through the students eyes- bring self down to child's level -Integrate a variety of ways to teach in your classroom -Consider






39. Prognosis/diagnosis - eligibility for certain programs - evaluation of outcomes - treatment planning






40. Father of kindergarten 1837 (importance of play)






41. Characteristic approaches to learning and studying






42. Conditioning - intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards - Reinforcement - Punishment






43. A consequence that brings about the increase of a behavior through the removal (rather than presentation) of a stimulus.






44. Imitates - object permanence - drinks from cup






45. U.S. legislation granting educational rights to people with cognitive - emotional - or physical disabilities from birth until age 21; initially passed in 1975 - it has been amended and reauthorized in 1997 and again in 2004. IDEA operates under six b






46. A healthy child - usually up to school age - will develop his imagination - cooperate with others - and be both a leader and follower.






47. A parenting style in which parents provide emotional support but exercise little control over their children.






48. A theoretical perspective that proposes that learners construct a body of knowledge from their experiences—knowledge that may or may not be an accurate representation of external reality.






49. Explains why behaviors occurs






50. Piaget - 1st stage Preoperational Piaget - 2nd stage Concrete Operational Piaget - 3rd stage Formal Operational Piaget - 4th stage