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Preschool Learning Crucial
October 30, 2015
I have never met a person whose greatest need was anything but real, unconditional love.
-Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

"Machines are automating a whole bunch of these things, so having the softer skills, knowing the human touch and how to complement technology, is critical, and our education system is not set up for that," said Michael Horn, co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute in the New York Times article, "Why What You Learned in Preschool Is Crucial at Work The article continues...

"Preschool classrooms look a lot like the modern work world.  Children move from art projects to science experiments to the playground in small groups, and their most important skills are sharing and negotiating with others.  But that soon ends, replaced by lecture-style teaching of hard skills, with less peer interaction.

"Work, meanwhile, has become more like preschool.

"Jobs that require both socializing and thinking, especially mathematically, have fared best in employment and pay.  They include those held by doctors and engineers.  The jobs that require social skills, but not math skills, have also grown;  lawyers and child-care workers are an example.  The jobs that have been rapidly disappearing are those that require neither social nor math skills, like manual labor."

Contributed by Yasmina Vinci

 





SET: Social Emotional Tools for Life

Social Emotional Tools for Life provides teachers of young children with easy-to-use strategies to support emotional and social development in the classroom. It will help early childhood educators capitalize on day-to-day interactions and caregiving routines to build positive relationships with and between children. Vignettes and specific language examples guide teachers in applying the strategies during everyday moments.

 

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Comments (3)

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Lori · October 31, 2015
Pennsylvania, United States


Stand up for real natural learning in the preschool classroom. Talk with the children, listen to the children, be engaged. This is not rocket science, it's forming a relationship with the children in your class and really, honestly caring about them. Sing, dance, play, laugh and learn while doing it!

Francis Wardle · October 30, 2015
CSBC
Denver, CO, United States


So why are we in ECE hell-bent on going in the opposite direction, becoming more and more like k-12 schools?

Amy Grodin · October 30, 2015
Commack, NY, United States


I thought it was wonderful. I have been teaching young children for 35 years .this is the way i have always been in my classroom.



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