¶ … Social Change and Positive Outcomes for Young Children and Families
As an individual who has been involved in learning about and enacting various measures to implement early childhood education, I have entertained several different philosophies and methodologies on this subject. Therefore, I believe that I am more than qualified to identify what the aims of early childhood education are. Prior to denoting what those aims are, I believe it is relevant to discuss some of my experience within this field, which has encompassed working with small and large groups, individuals, and partaking in a number of conferences and conversations with both teachers, administrators and parents, which is a part of "school accountability" (Wong and Wang, 2010, p. 163). What I have learned from my experience within this field is that the principle objectives of this particular discipline are to provide the foundation for children to effectively mold and shape the future in a positive way. I have learned that my implementing some core values to these children at an early age instructors can actually help to foster positive social change by helping to cultivate the next individuals of society in a balanced, disciplined way so that they can positively impact that society. These aims are extremely lofty, yet the responsibility of the early childhood educator is no less serious.
Again, after involving myself in numerous aspects of early childhood education for the past couple of years...
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