1. Week 1:
Introduction of Early
Childhood Education
BJEC1003 Introduction to Early Childhood Education
2. BJEC1003 Introduction to Early Childhood Education
Subtopics for Today!
1. What is ECE?
2. ECE in Malaysia
3. Types of early childhood education setting
4. Characteristics become a preschool teacher
5. Roles for Early Childhood Professionals
6. Contemporary Issues
3. What is Early Childhood
Education?
• Serves children birth through age 6
• There various name given to these
centres; kindergarten, nursery, day-
care, and others.
• a) Nursery (0-4 years)
• b) Kindergarten (4-6 years)
BJEC1003 Introduction to Early
Childhood Education
12. • the term child care typically refers to care
and education provided for young children
during the hours that their parents are
employed.
• two types of group programs: child care
centres and family child care homes.
BJEC1003 Introduction to Early
Childhood Education
Child
Care
13. Preschool
• serve 3- and 4-year-olds prior to their
entrance into kindergarten
• often operate half-day, although extended
hours—the school day—are becoming more
common.
• Two particular types of
preschool are designed primarily for
children from low-income families: public
prekindergarten and Head Start
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Childhood Education
15. Early Intervention and Early
Childhood Special Education
• Serves children with disabilities or
special needs
• early intervention services for infants
and toddlers who are at risk of
developmental delay and their families.
• This trend, called inclusion
providing children with a wide range of
learning opportunities, activities, and
environments.
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Childhood Education
18. Roles for Early Childhood
Professionals
• Teacher as expert on child development and how
children learn.
• Teacher as instructional leader
• Teachers as intentional curriculum planner
• Teacher as maximizer of instructional time
• Teacher as designer of performance-based
accountability for learning
• Teacher as literacy and reading expert
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Education
19. Roles for Early Childhood
Professionals
• Teacher as integrator of content and
technology in the teaching / learning
process
• Teacher as leader in twenty-first century
skills
• Teacher as promoter of inclusion
• Teacher as collaborator
• Teacher as coach and mentor
• Teacher as reflective,ongoing learner
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Education
21. Why become an early childhood
educator?
BJEC1003 Introduction to Early Childhood
Education
22. • Working with children involves daily
interaction and direct responsibility
for children’s care and education and
includes positions such as classroom
teacher or family child care provider.
• Working for children involves work
that supports children’s development
and education, whether in proximity to
the children, such as being a child care
center director, or at a further
distance, such as being a teacher-
education professor.
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Education
23. Contemporary Issues
• Achievement gaps-individual outcomes
• Opportunity gaps-factors contribute to educational
achievement. (races, ethnicity, socioeconomic status….)
-These gaps occur because minority and low-income children
often have fewer opportunities to prepare and develop young
learners, reduced access to a high-quality school.
• Maternal educational achievement gap
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Education
24. continued……
• Issues of wellness and healthy living (Dental caries/Asthma/
lead poisoning/vaccine-preventable diseases/diabetes/obesity)
• Violence
• Bullying (teasing/slapping/pushing/unwanted touch/taking
personal belonging/insulting remarks about looks, behaviour or
culture)
• Abuse
• Racism
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Education
25. Quotes for this week
BJEC1003 Introduction to Early Childhood
Education
This course serves as a foundation for students to understand the early childhood education with emphasis on historical perspectives, theories, practice, and current trends and developments.
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preschool education in the 1950s focused on children from the upper income classes due to the high service fees charged. Concurrently, there were preschools sponsored and managed by Christian organizations that operate churches (Chiam, 2008). However, this has led to ECCE opportunities being limited to only the rural areas in Malaysia.
KEMAS
The first public preschool in Malaysia was established in the early 1970s by the Department of Community Development (KEMAS) under the Ministry of Rural Development's responsibilities.
preschools in the urban areas where there are ‘Rukun Tetangga’ /
These preschools are commonly known as TABIKA PERPADUAN.
The main characteristic of TABIKA PERPADUAN is the encouragement of enrollment of children from various races in Malaysia.
in the form of a pilot project called an ‘annex' to an existing primary school known as ‘prasekolah.'
To accommodate work schedules, child care is usually available for extended hours, such as from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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instructional leader
Classroom and program instruction
curriculum planner
Plan the lesson/activity,need to clear what we want to teach, purpose& objective
maximizer
Expected to maximize the full length of instructional time with activities and content that provide students with valuable learning experiences every day.
designer of performance-based
Evaluate children performance-we need to know what did the children learn? Did the children able to perform well and move to the next level?
technology
We need to know how to incorporate technology when teaching, updated technology knowledge
Twenty-first-century skills
Critical thinking/problem solving/creativity
Inclusion
Means early childhood education and special education merging together, so, all teachers to have knowledge and skills that enable them to teach in inclusive classrooms.
collaborator
Not only teaching in school, we also need to Building relationship with families and community to better understand their children
Teacher as coach and mentor
is sometimes necessary to provide strategic support to colleagues that goes beyond collaborating，Coaching and mentoring allow veteran teachers to provide assistance to their more novice peers as they adapt to their new school's values，beliefs，and culture. Coaches and mentors can，for example，share effective teaching strategies or help a new teacher under stand and meet curriculum expectations.
Teacher as reflective,ongoing learner
seek ongoing professional learning experiences that enhance the quality of teaching and learning experiences that they facilitate for children
So, preschool teacher is……
Think of it….
Achievement gaps
Traditionally, low income and minority children have not performed as well as their peers. When they cant perform well, then of course the outcome will also different.
Maternal educational achievement gap
Gaps between children of highly educated mothers and children of less-educated mothers
Violence
Gun violence/ domestic violence
Racism
Promote cultural diversity in our classroom.
