EarlyChildhoodEducationEarlychildhoodeducationistheformal(正规的)teachingandcareofyoungchildren.Itprimarilyfocusesonlearningthroughplayingtoencouragethechild’sdifferentkindsofdevelopment.71
EarlyChildhoodEducation
Earlychildhoodeducationistheformal(正规的)teachingandcareofyoungchildren.Itprimarilyfocusesonlearningthroughplayingtoencouragethechild’sdifferentkindsofdevelopment. 71
StudieswithHeadStartprogramsthroughouttheUnitedStateshaveshownsomeevidencethattherearequiteafewadvantagestoearlychildhoodeducationwhichcanproducesignificantgainsinchildren’slearninganddevelopment.Comparedtoachildwhodoesnotattendpre-schoolchildrencompletingtheirearlyeducationprogramsarefoundtobebetteratmathandreadingskills.Theyareexcitedtolearnandhavethetoolstodoso. 72 Thesechildrenaremorecompetentintheirpre-schoolkindergartenandschool-ageyearsandtheyareusuallyreportedas“friendlier”byparentsandthechildren’speers(同伴).
73 Instudieswithmatchedcontrolgroupsmorestudentswhohadearlyschoolingexperienceswereemployedattheageof19fewerwereonwelfareandfewerwereinvolvedwiththecriminalactivity.What’smoresomestudiesshowthatchildrenattendingpre-schoolaremorelikelytograduateandhavehighereducationandbewellintegrated(综合)asanadult.
Earlychildhoodeducationgivesmostchildrenajump-startoneducationfortheirkindergartenandprimaryschoolyears.Itisclearthatearlychildhoodeducationcanhavesomegreatbenefitsforchildren. 74 Ifearlychildhoodeducationislesseffectiveperhapsthebestmodelisfindingstrategiesforallowingaparenttostayhomewithhisorherchildforatleastthefirsttwotothreeyears.Alsoimportantisconsideringachild’sownpersonality. 75
A.Thelong-terminfluenceofearlyeducationissignificantaswell.
B.Theycanbenefitgreatlyfromencouragementintheirearlychildhood.
C.Yetitsqualitymustbeassessedtoseewhatkindofbenefitsitactuallyprovides.
D.Theyarealsoabletorelatetoothersinasuperiorwayandthatimprovestheirsocialskills.
E.Manyexpertsofeducationhaveconcernedaboutwhatearlychildhoodeducationmeanstoday.
F.Individualdifferencesinchildrenmeanthatnotallchildrenwillgetequalbenefitsfromearlychildhoodeducation.
G.Itconsistsofactivitiesthatse