During week 1 I formed a topic along with three subtopics:
Topic:
The developmental differences in children having an early childhood educator that attended college and had training verses an educator who has no formal training.
Subtopics:
- The quality of children’s development (social-emotional, physical, cognitive and language) in the classroom of teacher with educational training.
- The quality of children’s development (social-emotional, physical, cognitive and language) in the classroom of teacher with no formal training.
- Does having a formal education and training help a teacher to better prepare their class for kindergarten.
I decided to concentrate on subtopic number one: The quality of children’s development (social-emotional, physical, cognitive and language) in the classroom of teacher with educational training. I used to be a preschool teacher and saw both trained and untrained teachers. I always wondered what the effects were on the children, if any area of development was effected.
Does anyone have an personal stories or information that will help me? Thanks!
Amy
ReplyDeleteTrained versus untrained teachers gets into the issue of teacher quality. You are asking good questions. If teacher quality has an impact on outcomes for children, research in this area could be used to impact policies. Without policies to require a minimum level of training and education, some schools may end up with lower teacher quality, further perpetuating inequities in schools.
A resource to consider for this topic is:
Kagan, S. L. (2009). American early childhood education: Preventing or perpetuating inequity? (Equity Matters: Research Review No. 3). Retrieved from Campaign for Educational Equity website: http://www.equitycampaign.org/i/a/document/9833_EquityMatters_Kagan_Final.pdf