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Early schooling in the United States
240 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1973
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May 16, 2016
The preface by Robert G. Chollar, CEO of Charles F Kettering Foundation, tells use that IDEA, Dayton Ohio, was "established in 1965 to encourage constructive change in elementary and secondary schools. The program serves as a primary operant for the Foundations missions and programs in education."
There are 3 parts to the book. 1. Schooling for the young child. 2. A tale of 9 cities 3. Nursery Schols in Perspective. There are 3 appendices: A. Data Tables B. instruments. C. Annotatetd Bib and an Index that runs about 3 pages for a total of 240 pages. This book takes the findings of other IDEA books, principally the one on the UK and Israels and incorporates those notes for comparison to the US effort. The idea is that previously, circa 1950 nursery school was privately run but should be broad based and public. They discuss what are the best methods for such a type of school giving many examples from the private sector as well as what cannot be taught in the pre-school years because the children are not mature enough to handle true academic work but instead should be geared toward socializing much like we take dogs out and socialize them children should be given the same outside opportunities so that they can get lots of stimuli.
They encourage early school teachers to be warm and loving and not disciplinarians -- that they believe comes later, as "she is in many ways the mother substitute for the class". They also encourage colour knowledge and visual identification of the world around a child, much like a visual dictionary, only on large placards so that the child could identify be at ease in their world. Good overall recommendations
They even go so far as to mention what type of equipment the children should be introduced to, and having tradesmen come in to talk to the class showing their tools. I thought these ideas were exceptional and much better than what I saw in the nursery and kindegartens I saw in practice..
There are 3 parts to the book. 1. Schooling for the young child. 2. A tale of 9 cities 3. Nursery Schols in Perspective. There are 3 appendices: A. Data Tables B. instruments. C. Annotatetd Bib and an Index that runs about 3 pages for a total of 240 pages. This book takes the findings of other IDEA books, principally the one on the UK and Israels and incorporates those notes for comparison to the US effort. The idea is that previously, circa 1950 nursery school was privately run but should be broad based and public. They discuss what are the best methods for such a type of school giving many examples from the private sector as well as what cannot be taught in the pre-school years because the children are not mature enough to handle true academic work but instead should be geared toward socializing much like we take dogs out and socialize them children should be given the same outside opportunities so that they can get lots of stimuli.
They encourage early school teachers to be warm and loving and not disciplinarians -- that they believe comes later, as "she is in many ways the mother substitute for the class". They also encourage colour knowledge and visual identification of the world around a child, much like a visual dictionary, only on large placards so that the child could identify be at ease in their world. Good overall recommendations
They even go so far as to mention what type of equipment the children should be introduced to, and having tradesmen come in to talk to the class showing their tools. I thought these ideas were exceptional and much better than what I saw in the nursery and kindegartens I saw in practice..
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