Purpose
In the proposed project I have selected is one where I will research in my chosen field of study which is Early Childhood Education. I will explore the issue of whether homework is beneficial or not, especially for young learners. I will be exploring many perspectives, from those who believe homework is worth it, and those who believe we are better without it. I will need to look past scholarly journals and magazines and also include interviews. The interview portion should be relatively easy for me to obtain because I am interning at Medina Christian Academy’s summer camp this summer and I am surrounded by many teachers. I will have to answer many questions about the issue of homework and figure out where my own beliefs on the topic fall after all of my research. Dr. Karman, you suggested possibly creating a survey using Qualtrics, but for my topic it may be beneficial to survey my students at work and see how they feel towards homework. The goal of my project is to conclude whether or not a lot of homework is needed in the classroom and the purpose is to hopefully conclude how I will handle the issue in my future classroom. The issue is whether homework is needed, and the solution is either getting rid of homework or lessening to load and communicating effectively with the children’s parents/guardians.
Introduction
My project is a way not only to share my findings, but to come to a conclusion about the way I will handle homework in my future classroom’s as an
Did you know that if your child doesn't go to preschool your child is 25 percent more likely to drop out of school, 40 percent more likely to become a teen parent, and 70 percent more likely to be arrested for a violent crime? My aunt did not go to preschool therefore, she had to be held back in kindergarten twice because it was her first time being in a school environment, and so she didn’t know how to act or how to pay attention at the age 5, that’s just insane. She also became a teen parent, causing her to drop out of school at the age 17 so that she had to take care of her baby. All children should be required to go to preschool because it helps with brain development, child behavior development, and it can be cheaper (Five Surprising Facts
Times have changed since the Leave It to Beaver days when children were safe in their own neighborhoods. Years ago, it was a very rare occurrence that a child would be abducted, but now it seems that young children are abducted on a daily basis. It's a shame that it is necessary to raise children who are wary of everyone they meet. Unfortunately, to keep your little ones safe, they need to know that everyone isn't good and kind. It's a terrible reality to share with kids, but it is a necessary one.
Glenda Pryor-Johnson of Concordia University says that homework assists in developing four essential qualities in children: Responsibility, Time Management, Perseverance, and Self-Esteem (Fuglei). In addition, homework fosters greater self-direction and self-discipline in students. These are the necessary qualities that will help them become high-achieving students. These skills acquired from homework will also benefit students in the real-world, and in college too. Students who regularly completed homework will be more inquisitive in life and participate in more independent problem solving (Plato). In college, professors expect that students have well-developed study habits from all those years of homework. Proponents believe that homework serves as the foundation for acquiring these qualities and study habits, however, the opposers of homework believe these benefits to be highly subjective, and cite lack of evidence as their reasoning behind refuting this
Everyday, when the school day is over, students are most likely to get homework to do when they get home. This can be a lot or a little amount of homework, but it can still effect the students the way they are. These effects can be good, bad, or nothing, so today, we take a look whether homework should be assigned or not.
Just think about this one tiny effect. Imagine that you are about to start school at the age of five, and once you arrive you see that kids around you are more prepared, confident, and eager to learn. These young smiley five year old faces don’t make you happy. In fact, this makes you depressed, and saddened. Early education, also known as preschool is of vital importance. Preschool or an early educational establishment is a group of people offering early childhood education, before the age five. They offer enriching courses for children, and help prepare them for the transition into elementary school. Children who use the opportunity of an early education have a huge advantage. On the other hand, children who don’t enter preschools seem to lack in certain areas, and lag behind. Many children in our country do not attend preschool at the age of three or four, and directly enter kindergarten without the early learning opportunity. This issue of a less advantage situation could eventually lead to a bigger disadvantage when it comes to learning. Many parents aren’t willing to send their children to preschool in their early years as it is over expensive and unnecessary for a three year old to enter school. I, on the other hand, disagree with these people. If children learn from early on, there won’t be any need to worry about others who have advantages. I believe that early education should be mandatory, and since many people can’t afford preschools, public school districts should have their own preschool grade for all younger students.
Teaching responsibility and proper time management is another valid argument for homework. After all, the ability to budget one’s time plays an essential role in higher education and throughout life. Yet, who is truly doing the time budgeting? Especially in elementary school,
One goal that I have chosen was the passion that I have when it comes to working with kids.
To ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment and independent living, and to ensure that the rights of children with disabilities and parents of such children are protected….
When questioning what kind of childcare to enlist your child in there are so many things to look for. Where will my child learn the things needed in further schooling? Will my child be safe? What is better financially? How will I know my child is actually learning anything? From working in an at school daycare for eight plus years, and visiting different at home daycares, I hold my next statement strongly. In school daycares are much more stable and educationally beneficial tan most at home daycares!
Homework has been at the front of school reform since the early 1900’s. Debates over the benefits of homework include “immediate impact on the retention and understanding of the material it covers” (Cooper, 1989, p.86) and downsides of homework include “satiation, denial of access to leisure time and community activities; parental interference; cheating; and increased differences between high and low achievers” (Cooper, 2006, p.7) have led to a see-saw of support and objection regarding homework. There is support from several studies (Maltese, Tai, Fan, 2012; Cooper, Robinson, Patall, 2006; Falkenberg & Barbetta, 2013) that cite homework as a source of increasing students’ achievement level. None of the
I pick Early Childhood Education (ECE) as my career. In this job I will be a teacher or someone working at a daycare who avidly cares for children. I picked up this career by taking care of my brothers kids while he was deployed overseas. Taking care of them was so much fun and I realized I was good with kids. When my niece started to talk I got to help teach her how to count and help her learn new words. I feel that one day I can do a lot more with kids. It is important to understand the education or training requirements, skills or talents needed, salary and benefits offered, and the duties for a particular career when making this decision.
Roughly 50% of 3 and 4 year olds living in the United States do not attend any school prior to kindergarten, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics (page 1). Preprimary programs are not accessible or required in all states. This means that about half of our young children will not have any preschool experience before being placed into the ever-advancing school system. “Many countries including Japan, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and France enroll nearly 100% of their 4-year-olds in preschool” (Atlantic. Para. 6). Preschool is the stepping-stone into a structured system. Great Schools Authors believe “…it’s their first experience in a structured setting with teachers and groups of children” (Para 1). Quality programs are the start to a great educational foundation. The benefits for young kids having some experience in preschool are far to great to not have it be available to all kids. The structure of our school systems has changed so much that years ago a child could have entered kindergarten and been at the same level as their peers; today they are expected to know so much more causing a gap in
Preparing a child for school is a job that is very important and should not be taken lightly. Children will better transition in kindergarten if the child has a foundation of what is needed to adapt well in kindergarten. For example, for the first few years a child has been carefully nurtured and probably has spent most of his or her time only exploring environments where their mother or father were nearby. Preschool helps children to better explore socially and strengthen cognitive skills to learn shapes and express what they have learned. So, before I attend a preschool session with a director, I would simply began to research. By doing this, I will carefully get a good understanding of my child and the preschool that I potentially see, as an option for my child to attend.
Kindergarten is a transition for children. This transition can be hard for students because school has many rules and requires so much attention for children. Some children may go to preschool or daycare. Those students may come to kindergarten with more phonics and word recognition skills, than those students who were babysat or who had a stay at home parent their first years of life. When students have background knowledge of letters and their sounds, kindergarten reading will come much faster.
As toddlers grow they are then considered children. Children's nutritional needs do not change that much from toddlers but some things are different. The need for carbohydrates remain the same as toddlers, but children need fiber rich carbohydrates. Children should also still take multivitamins on a daily basis. Minerals such as calcium, iron, and zinc are still necessities.