Preschool education

Pre-preschool Checklist As a parent, one of the most exciting yet gut-wrenching thing you’ll ever face is your child heading for preschool. As most of those who have already passed through this phase will agree, you’ll become anxious, a little out-of-sorts, and you’ll frequently encounter thoughts like “did I forget something?” or “I should’ve bought more t-shirts.” You’ll be finding yourself from store to store looking for something you can’t really put your finger on. I’m sure that…

Education is a very important aspect of a child’s life. Children begin learning very early on in their life. They start grasping the concepts of life like how to eat, who their family is, and so many other things. They learn these through education. Soon these children become students who start the process known as education. The concept of education includes location and those being taught, the purpose and goals, and the roles and responsibilites of teachers and students. The concept of…

closingthegap.com/solutions/articles/2179 Sites for Virtual Tour: Reading Rockets- Allows users to pick one of the big 5 ideas in reading and strategies to use to help children experience success in those areas. It also has a section in special education and a site for educators to compare the effectiveness of different reading programs. http://www.readingrockets.org ReadWriteThink- Read Write Think can be used as a resource for teachers and also provides interactive sites for students to…

ED Definition Emotional disturbance (ED) is 1 of the 13 disability categories specified under IDEIA that can allow a child to receive special education services. According to IDEIA (the definition is taken directly from the IDEIA definition in Best Practices Ch. 24), in order to qualify for special education services under the ED category, a child must demonstrate one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects the child’s…

makes the world go around, however, education is truly what makes the world go around. If people really think hard about what education has done for America it is astonishing. American citizens getting a formal education is one major things that separates us from struggling third world countries. Formal education is what makes us humans more capable than animals. We have the brain capacity and the ability to learn more than just how to hunt and survive. Education has to begin somewhere, and for…

A personal philosophy of education statement usually addresses multiple aspects of teaching, such as desired learning outcomes, instructional techniques, and ways students will be assessed (“Teaching Methods,” n.d.). As I develop my personal philosophy of education, I find myself reflecting on what the goals of education should truly be. I look at what teaching methods have been the most successful for both myself and my students over the last 20 years of my teaching career and what are my…

Junayd is an 8-year-old third-grade student in the Paumanok Elementary School. Junayd has a current special education classification of Autism. He is educated within a Special class placement with mainstreamed for math and science classes. In addition, Junayd receives Speech (3x/week) and Occupational Therapy (1x/week). As per his IEP, Junayd’s testing accommodations include extended time (1.5), revised test directions, flexible settings and directions repeated. Junayd currently resides with…

Case study part one Antonio is a four-year-old boy who is enrolled in a play-based preschool class. He has many positive influences in his life. Antonio appears to be typically developing. He has good social skills and likes to play with his peers. He can follow directions and do basic academics that are developmentally appropriate for his age. Antonio follows three-step commands, which according to the CDC, means he is on target developmentally. In addition to that, he can make friends and…

at New York University. The work was originally published in 1979. This article goes in depth into the education system; its flaws, and its strengths, and what we need to fix about it. There were many proposed reforms and solutions that could work, and others that would not. Some of these reforms include restructuring schools, changing the economic status of students, giving kids a “pre-education” of sorts before they reach school age, and punishing students for misbehavior. Some of these, could…

Education Brittany McBryant Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Why do we have Schools? A Functionalist Perspective. Education is a social institution through which a society’s children are taught basic academic knowledge, learning skills, and cultural norms (Kierns et. al, 2015). A functionalist would ask how our education systems serve our society. The answers to this question are that our school systems provide the knowledge and skills one needs to be productive in society, teaches the…