Early Childhood Education Overview

What does ECE stand for?

At what age range is early childhood development considered to be at its peak?

Early Childhood Education is known as nursery education.

What is the main purpose of Early Childhood Education?

Which of the following are qualities of an Early Childhood Educator? (Select all that apply)

What are Manipulative Materials?

What does 'Tabula Rasa' signify in early childhood education?

What does the 'Kindergarten Education Act' (RA 10157) mandate for children in the Philippines?

Republic Act 8980 is focused on providing comprehensive policy and a national system for Early Childhood Care and Development.

What is the age range recognized by the 'Early Years Act' (EYA 2013) as crucial for educational development?

The overall framework for principal empowerment in the Philippines is guided by the 'Governance of Basic Education Act' (RA 9155).

The 'Respect for the Child' principle in early childhood education focuses on:

What is the 'Absorbent Mind' principle in early childhood education?

What are Sensitive Periods in early childhood education?

What is the purpose of a 'Prepared Environment' in early childhood education?

What is the 'Auto Education' principle in early childhood education?

Which of the following are considered primary educational learning theories? (Select all that apply)

What is the significance of the 'Golden Years for Children' (0-5 years old) in early childhood education?

Plato believed that education is a process of transformation and children should seek the truth.

Aristotle believed that education should be the same for all children, regardless of their individual needs and abilities.

Which educational theorist emphasized the importance of 'music and physical education' in a child's development?

John Amos Comenius emphasized the importance of 'play' as the natural learning method for children.

Who is considered the 'Father of Kindergarten'?

What is the significance of 'Tabula Rasa' as described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

Maria Montessori believed that children are capable of learning independently and at their own pace.

What is the main principle behind 'The Montessori Method'?

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi emphasized the importance of sensory experiences and the use of real objects in early childhood education.

What is the main focus of John Dewey's educational philosophy?

What is the central theme of Elizabeth Peabody's educational philosophy?

William Torrey Harris's main contribution was the expansion of public school curriculum.

Patty Smith Hill is known for writing the lyrics to 'Happy Birthday.'

Carl Schurz famously said, 'Kindergarten is the Garden for the crop called Children.'

Albert Bandura's Social Learning theory emphasizes the role of modeling and observation in learning.

What are the eight intelligences proposed by Howard Gardner in his theory of 'Multiple Intelligences'?

John B. Watson's experiments on classical conditioning with Albert Watson and Pavlov were significant contributions to the field of behaviorism.

B.F. Skinner's theory of 'Operant Conditioning' focused on using reinforcement and punishment to shape behavior.

Edward Thorndike's 'Law of Effect' suggests that behaviors followed by positive consequences are more likely to be repeated.

Wolfgang Kohler's 'Insight Learning' theory proposes that learning often occurs through sudden understanding and problem-solving, rather than trial and error.

David Ausubel's 'Meaningful Learning' theory suggests that new knowledge is best acquired when it can be connected to existing knowledge and understanding.

What is the central idea of Jerome Bruner's 'Constructivist Theory'?

Robert Sternberg's 'Successful Intelligence Theory' emphasizes the importance of 'analytical, creative, and practical' intelligence.

Edward Tolman believed that all learning is goal-directed and that individuals learn through purposeful actions.

Gestalt Psychology emphasizes that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, suggesting that perception and learning are influenced by our overall understanding of the world.

Albert Bandura's 'Social Learning Theory' focuses on the role of 'modeling' in learning, emphasizing that individuals learn by observing and imitating the behavior of others.

Jean Piaget's 'Cognitive Development Theory' suggests that individuals construct their own knowledge based on their existing understanding of the world.

Lev Vygotsky's 'Sociocultural Theory' emphasizes the role of social interaction and cultural context in a child's cognitive development.

The 'Zone of Proximal Development' (ZPD) refers to the range of tasks that a child can accomplish with support from more knowledgeable individuals.

'Scaffolding' refers to a teaching strategy where adults provide support and guidance tailored to a child's individual needs, gradually withdrawing support as the child gains competence.

Human language is a productive system, meaning that we can create an infinite number of grammatical utterances using a finite set of linguistic units and rules.

'Turn-taking' is a critical aspect of communication, and it involves recognizing when it's appropriate to speak and listen, as well as effectively managing the flow of conversation.

Early turn-taking skills develop through non-verbal interactions, such as touching, vocalizations, and facial expressions, and play a crucial role in a child's language development.

The phonological system of language is concerned with the production and perception of sounds.

A child's ability to pronounce words is influenced by both inherited traits and environmental factors.

The 'Syntactic System' of language focuses on how words are combined to form meaningful sentences.

Children's early word learning is primarily based on recognizing one-to-one correspondences between words and objects.

A child's understanding of a new word depends on their existing knowledge of the world, their prior understanding of similar concepts, and their ability to attend to contextual cues.

'Whole object constraint' refers to the tendency of children to interpret new words as referring to the entire object rather than just a part of it.

The 'mutual exclusivity constraint' suggests that children assume that each word has a unique meaning and that two words cannot refer to the same object.

Children's ability to form concepts develops before their ability to communicate these concepts using language.

Children use two main strategies to overcome gaps in their understanding of language: they search for new words to represent existing concepts and they learn new concepts based on the meanings of new words.