Early Childhood Education: Foundations and Best Practices, Exams of Childhood Development

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OAE 012 Early childhood education Questions with Answers

6 standards of professional development - CORRECT ANSWER promote child development and learning builds family and community relationships observes, documents and assesses to support young children and families uses developmentally effective approaches to connect with children and families uses content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum becomes a professional Developmentally appropriate practices(DAP) - CORRECT ANSWER practice based on how children grow and develop and on individual and cultural differences developmentally and culturally responsive practices (DCRP) - CORRECT ANSWER teaching based on the ability to respond appropriately to children's and families' developmental, cultural and ethnic background and needs Culturally appropriate practice - CORRECT ANSWER an approach to education basedon the premise that all peoples in the US shold receive proportional attention in the curriculum antibias education (ABE) - CORRECT ANSWER an approach that seeds to provide child with an understanding of social and behavioral problems related to prejudice and seeks to provide them with the knowledge, attitude and skills needed to combat prejudice. Goals: children demonstrate self-awareness, confidence, family pride and positive social identities, each child expresses comfort and joy with human diversity, each child increasingly recognizes unfairness, each child demonstrate empowerment and the skills to act healthy environments - CORRECT ANSWER environments that provide for children's physical and psychological health, safety and sense of security

respectful environment - CORRECT ANSWER environments that show respect for each individual child and for their culture, home language, individual abilities or disabilities, family context and community supportive environments - CORRECT ANSWER environments in which professionals believe each child can learn, and that help children understand and make meaning of their experiences challenging environment - CORRECT ANSWER environments that provide achievable and stretching experiences for all children assessments - CORRECT ANSWER the process of collecting info about children's development, learning behaviors, academic progress, need for special services and achievement in order to make decisions responsive relationships - CORRECT ANSWER the relationship that exists between yourself, children and their families where you are responsive to their needs and interests types of knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER content, pedagogical content, pedagogical knowledge and knowledge of learners and learning pedagogical content knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER the teaching skills teachers need to help all children learn pedagogical knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER the ability to apply pedagogical and content knowledge to develop meaning full learning experiences for children reflective practice - CORRECT ANSWER the active process of thinking before teaching, during teaching after teaching in order to make decision, about how to plan, assess and teach professional disposition - CORRECT ANSWER the values, commitments, and professional ethics that influence behaviors towards students, families, colleagues and communities and effect student learning , motivation and development as well as the educators' own professional growth