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Hello classmates, I’m Gaby, I am a transfer student from Los Medanos Community College. While completing my studies there I became very interested in early childhood education and decided to apply for a job at the Child Study Center located on campus. While working there I learned to use the Conscious Discipline program as well as took a course on how to apply and use the program as well as the benefits it presents. After graduating from LMC I decided to take a break from school and focus on my job as a preschool teacher. This is my first semester at East Bay, and I hope to continue learning different approaches and techniques to help young children and their families. My dream is to continue my education and one day help families and children through their traumas by providing them with the resources and guidance that they may need.

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Hello all! I am Riel Edgecomb. I spent several years as a paraeducator in an elementary school. At the same time, I went to community college and took classes in technology based subjects like programming, digital art, and digital audio. It was not until I became an elementary technology specialist that I realized that my dream job would be to marry these two loves and be a technology educator in primary and secondary education.

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Hello everyone, my name is Daisy Sacre. I am a transfer student from Mt. San Jacinto. I got my Associates degree in Early Childhood Education and I am furthering my education here at Cal State East Bay. My goal after I earn my Bachelors degree is becoming a kindergarten or 1st grade teacher. I was inspired by my aunt who is a full-time kindergarten teacher in Carlsbad for 17 years. I love children and I believed that just doing observations wasn’t enough.

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Hello, my name is Jasmine Thompson and am currently building my career as an educator by being a lead preschool teacher and also taking courses in order to obtain my B.A. After this I will continue my education by going for my credential and someday working as an elementary school teacher. I know it’s cliché but the children are the future and I want to try my hardest to give them the tools to succeed. Whether it be social skills or language skills I want to make sure my students have everything they need to be a helpful member of our society. When I do find any free time I enjoy hiking, watching birds of prey, and photography.

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Link 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jLANkgniSM

Summary:
This Ted Talk sheds light on the problems of standard curriculum structure. It brings up that the current structure only allows information to stick in student's minds long enough to pass a test. Kristin Phillips introduces a new approach to curriculum, called spiralized curriculum, that would allow students to learn and revisit topics all throughout the school year, rather than be done with it in just a few weeks. She points out that this curriculum would benefit students who confuse different lessons and are falling behind. It allows them to use problem solving to figure out which strategy needs to be used for specific problems.

Link 2:

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/09/23/achievement-gap-the-knowledge-gap-natalie-wexler

summary:
This interview with Natalie Wexler, the author of a book called The Knowledge Gap, discusses why standard curriculum should be reconstructed. Wexler adds that curriculum should implement more time for core education rather than just skills. The modern curriculum puts emphasis only on the subjects that appear on standardized tests. It is proven that children who learn the background knowledge of topics before being introduced to lessons do better on standardized tests.

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Summary of one impactful article:

Kindergarten curriculum is seen as too rigorous to some teachers. In the article “The Impact of Rigorous Curriculum in Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten Classrooms”, by Lauren Clough, she investigates how Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers are impacted by the demanding curriculum and how students are affected by the curriculum, especially English language learners. Policies are hindering many aspects of children's learning and self esteem. While limited resources play a role in school success, there are other components that add to these negative results. Clough goes on to describe that the individual needs of students are being overlooked due to the policies and are affecting children’s self esteem. Teachers are affected by the limits of unique teaching styles that force a  drift from the whole-child learning approach. The current curriculum does not follow the whole child approach when the main focus is shifted from the student’s needs to the needs of the state or nation’s standards.

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Link 1:  https://www.lwtears.com/blog/play-based-learning-preschool

Summary:

The media article Crayons, Pencils, and Keyboards by Learning without tears: gives an explanation about what play base preschool. In it we find that children are able to learn while they play through the interactions, they have with dramatic play area, blocks, puzzles and their teachers. Teachers facilitate their learning experience through the planed curriculum and classroom arrangement as well as peer interaction which is highly encouraged. This is all done while children enjoy their environment.

Link 2:  https://www.ourkids.net/school/montessori-vs-play-based-preschools

Summary:

Media post from Our Kids article we can explore the difference between Montessori and Play base preschools. This article takes us in to learn how each one of these two programs provide learning to young preschool children. In it, we learn that Montessori preschool is child-directed, where Play based preschool Allows children to learn and play through dramatic play area. Something that Montessori preschool discourages.

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"Play and Learning-inseparable dimension in preschool practice" this article influence my thinking on my project. While I searched
through our library source, I came across this article. This article talks
about the how playing is an important part of children's learning and how
teachers are part of an important influence on their learning and how they add
this method to the teacher’s curriculum. The importance of play through dramatic play, and teacher interaction plays a big role for a child development.  This article helped me to understand that children learn by exploring, interacting with each other, and by teachers collaborating on their activities. Given that Montessori method is well known and recognized as a high-quality program, I wanted to see how play base is also a high-quality program for those who cannot afford Montessori. I found my answer to this. I learned why it is important for a teacher to be involved in a child’s play of learning the freedom with joy it brings to children as well as the educators. But ultimately it is a parents choice to where they want to place their children. Personality, play base works for me.

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Early Childhood Education is an investment for the future. For society to understand the importance of early childhood education, our community must be informed about the positive and impactful ways to educate children. The events of Covid have highlighted the importance of quality of care, the technological education given to teachers, and the methods in which students are taught. How educators approach social and cognitive development and how they allow students to achieve school readiness can affect students for the rest of their lives. Educators can help the students gain lifelong employment, income, and improve their health in later life.

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Link 1: https://thejournal.com/articles/2013/06/04/6-technology-challenges-facing-education.aspx

Summary:
In this article, David Nagel goes over six challenges facing technology in education. These include the lack of professional development, teachers resisting change in the schooling environment, the development of new schooling models, flaws in our current standard method of delivering informal learning, the lack of personalized learning, and the failure to use technology successfully to deliver assessments.

Link 2: https://theconversation.com/ten-reasons-teachers-can-struggle-to-use-technology-in-the-classroom-101114

Summary:
In this article, Brendon Hyndman outlines several different technology-based reasons that lead to teachers struggling in the classroom. This includes the fact that technology is not the preferred learning method for some skills (ex: manual writing). Also, when different students have different devices, there are going to be different capabilities among students. Readily accessible technology is consistently shown to lead to student distraction. Dealing with a classroom of technology also leads to issues in lesson time and class flow. Despite all the tech in classes, teachers lack in technology professional development. Also, some students end up behind in education because they do not have access to technology in their homes.

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Factors Influencing Digital Technology use in Early Childhood Education by Blackwell, Lauricella, and Wartella was very influential to my research project. It covered many of the same topics that I focused on. For example, Blackwell and others point out that despite the millions of dollars going into classroom technologies, reports from teachers show that not enough time is being given to educating educators on technologies. This study also discussed “that attitudes towards the value of technology to aid children’s learning have the strongest effect on technology use.”  These findings connect to more data, where it was found that teachers with more experience in the classroom tend to have a more negative attitude towards the use of tech in a learning environment. This article was an excellent outline for topics I wanted to address in my report, and if it were not for needing multiple citations, I could have used this article for the majority of my write up.

Blackwell, C. K., Lauricella, A. R., & Wartella, E. (2014). Factors influencing digital technology use in early childhood education. Computers & Education, 77, 82-90. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2014.04.013

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Quality of Care - Daisy Sacre
Particularly with the issues we are facing today, the quality of care we give to our students is essential, particularly in teaching during Covid. Teachers need to show that they are thoughtful, understanding, and caring for their students. These actions can be challenging for teachers who are already struggling with technology and have not been given proper technological.

Kindergarden Curriculum - Morgan Davis
Technology is currently a standard part of today's Kindergarten Curriculum. However, like much of the relationship between education and technology, there are issues. Many children suffer educationally due to not being able to access the technologies in their home life. Children also suffer from the lack of technological tools available to them in the classroom. The students can be furtherly affected if teachers have not been given the proper training on said tools.

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Educational Leaders Empower Teachers - Cassondra Corbin-Thaddies

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Student centered learning - Savannah Mowery - TEDTALK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJUJbdiuOlQ

The Ted Talk “Student Centered Learning” by Savannah Mowery was inspiring and had similar information relating to my research. At the time that this talk was being presented Savannah was only in eighth grade, so she knew what had worked well for her during her time in early education. She mentioned that student centered learning worked well for all children because the children could learn using their unique learning styles. Her main idea was that this way of teaching also kept children focused on the learning process because the lessons were built on their personal interests.

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https://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-centered-learning-starts-with-teacher-john-mccarthy

This article states a perspective on the child-centered practice of teaching where the teacher is letting the children build their own curriculum. Asking them for their opinion on what should be taught gives the children a power that will help them start and continue the learning process. While using this process the teacher must be able to have confidence in the children and not believe they are unable to follow through with the activities, this just sets the children up for failure.

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The article that had the most influence on my thinking while doing this research was “Guided Play: Where Curricular Goals Meet a Playful Pedagogy” by Deena Skolnick Weisberg, Kathy Hirsh‐Pasek, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff. One quote from this article that meant a lot to me as a teacher was the following, “..the lack of existing evidence that pretend play helps development should not be taken as an allowance for school programs to employ traditional teacher-centered instructional approaches that research has clearly shown are inferior for young children. The hands-on, child-driven educational methods sometimes referred to as ‘playful learning’ (Hirsh-Pasek et al., 2009) are the most positive means yet known to help young children’s development.” (Weisburg et al,103) This quote describes that just because more research is needed when it comes to child-centered education it doesn’t mean we need to stick with the traditional way of teaching that has been proven to not help children develop fully.

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Child-centered curriculum relates to my classmate Elvia and her  topic, The difference between Play-base and Montessori. Montessori and a child-centered approach are similar in the idea of basing play off a child's interest and ability and teaching the whole child. Another topic that can be related to my own is about the program Conscious Discipline by Gabriela. This is because Conscious Discipline makes sure to integrate all the domains of learning including social, emotional, physical, and cognitive which helps develop the whole child. This program along with a child-centered approach also uses ideas from theorists such as Vygotsky and Piaget.

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Early Childhood Education is one of the first stepping stones in a child’s education and development. Choices and experiences made during this time can potentially affect children for years to come; this is why teachers’ role is so critical. The decisions taken by Early Childhood Educators, the methods they use, and how they are supported will, in turn, affect future generations. Actions taken during Early Childhood Education set up the students for later learning. As teachers, we need to know how to use tools to teach, including new technology in the classroom, new educational approaches such as Conscious Discipline, knowing the best teaching method, including using a child-led curriculum and knowing the difference between play-based learning and Montessori curriculum. Lastly, due to our society’s current circumstances, teachers must understand how COVID-19 is affecting our students' education.

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Welcome message

Biographies

Statement of significance on field of child development

Statement of significance on Society

Order of Members

Gabriela

Riel

Daisy

Jasmine

Elvia

Morgan

Part 1: 2 minute video

Part 2: 2 media stories relating to topics

Part 3: Summary of impactful scholarly source

Part 4: Relation to two other group members

Part 5: Video/Photo clips

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Welcome to our Early Childhood Education padlet. Our padlet will provide information on the programs and strategies used in Early Childhood Education. Our subtopics include the use of Conscious Discipline, technological training of educators, quality of education, the effects of child-based learning, and lastly the difference in Montessori teaching and play-based curriculum. Conscious Discipline is a program that teaches children and adults to become emotionally intelligent while creating a positive classroom climate and fostering stronger classroom management skills. New technologies are being added quickly without training and guidance on how to use the technology in the classroom or integrate with curriculum. In any classroom, quality of education is important to further develop students. The quality of early childhood education within teachers and it’s students before, during and after Covid-19 has changed. A child-led curriculum motivates the child from within which in turns gives the child intrinsic motivation to learn. Children learn and develop best when education takes place on the child's own terms. Lastly, there are substantial differences in Montessori and play-based curriculum which are further explored.

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Hello everyone, my name is Elvia Pineda. I am a transfer student from West Valley College. I have transferred with an Associates degree of Transfer in Early Child Education. I have developed an interest in this area since I’ve worked in preschool for the past 11 years as an instructional aide. I am getting a little older and ready to work in the administration department. For this reason I am working on getting my Bachelors degree. My goal is to become a director or coordinator at a program this is why I am here at CSU East Bay. I do love my job but I am ready to sit with paperwork and work with adults

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Relation to other members:

The structure of modern curriculum relates to Jasmine’s topic of the importance of child-centered teaching because today's lessons do not revolve around the children’s interests. What is being implemented in the classrooms revolve around standardized tests and the ranking of each state’s academic success. Child-centered learning would help individualize the curriculum for students which would therefore allow teachers the opportunity to give their students the best education possible. Child directed curriculum could boost the self esteem in teachers and students, which would create a enriched classroom experience all around.

Daisy’s topic of the significance of the quality of education directly relates to the curriculum that is being taught in the classroom. Teachers are being restricted on how they implement these lessons in their classroom and it is affecting students that are falling behind. The curriculum does not allow enough time to review past lessons, which is causing students to feel stuck and is lowering their self esteem. The quality of education is negatively affected when the curriculum does not equally represent each student’s needs in the classroom.

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Link 1: https://blog.himama.com/applying-conscious-discipline-for-a-positive-impact-within-children/

Summary:
HiMama is an early childhood education blog dedicated to providing information to help early childhood educators, specialists and parents. This particular post is a transcription of an interview done by the co-founder and CEO of HiMama with Dr. Becky Bailey creator of the Conscious Discipline program.  In the transcription we learn about Becky Bailey’s application of the program and her beliefs on children’s development.

Link 2:
https://www.azed.gov/improvement/conscious-discipline

Summary:
The post from the Arizona Department of Education focuses on what Conscious Discipline is. The post goes into great detail by describing the four main components of Conscious Discipline, the seven powers for conscious adults which are the foundation of safety, and ways to successfully create a school family.

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In Early Childhood Educators’ Perception of Conscious Discipline, Caldarella, Page and Gunter explain why they believe the program of Conscious Discipline varies so greatly from other behavioral management programs. They explain that the first step in training teachers is to educate them on the seven skills of self-control and the seven skills for discipline. We also learn of the “school family” which is made by creating a positive school climate that allows children to problem solve, care for others and demonstrate empathy. These skills create a positive school climate and help children feel a sense of belonging which leads to positive behavior.

Reference:
Caldarella, P., Page, N. W., &Gunter, L. (2012). Early Childhood Educators' Perceptions of Conscious Discipline. Education, 132(3), 589-599

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Hi everyone, I'm Morgan and I am a transfer student from Diablo Valley College. My journey to get to where I am now in my school career has been long, but I am ready to gain the tools that I need to become successful in my future career with children. I always knew I wanted to work with children, but wasn't exactly sure what my focus would be. I took time off of school to figure out my future plans and focused on being a nanny. I have been a nanny for 10 years now and I love watching children learn and grow. This is my first full semester at East Bay and I am looking forward to continuing my education to better educate the young. I hope to become an impactful teacher and build a strong foundation for kindergarten students, as well as be a role model for them to look up to.

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Morgan and Jasmine

Play base and Montessori differences relates to my classmates Morgan, and Jasmine project. Jasmine’s project is focused on Child-centered curriculum which in my project it relates the quality of education given to children and how teachers can influence that quality of care and service to young children. Also, with Morgan’s project it relates to my topic by the significance of practices for teachers in Early Childhood Education and how they are pressure by the state to educate in a certain way. In connecting my two classmates to my project topic, I believe that Early Childhood Education is an essential part to good quality education.

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In order for the use of Conscious Discipline to be successful, children need to be experiencing a high quality of care which may be very difficult due to Covid. The quality of care in which they are receiving can stifle the process of Conscious Discipline. Teachers need to be attentive, caring and responsive in order to form positive relationships with children, however, with distance learning and Covid now being factors these skills are harder to demonstrate.

In a time before Covid existed, teachers created curriculum that allowed children to choose their own activities and make their own choices. Play-based learning encourages children to use several of the skills taught in Conscious Discipline. It allows them to make choices while learning to self-regulate and be responsible, skills needed to encourage the use of Conscious Discipline.

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The seven skills of Discipline

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https://youtu.be/rHypRWKvdZQ

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Video describing Conscious Discipline.

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INTRODUCTION TO CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE | JOURNEY SCHOOL

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https://youtu.be/jhJL8eY-5NU

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Summary: This article is about how much learning in lost during the school closures and it varies between acmes to remote learning, the quality of remote instruction, home support and the degree of engagement. Quality of education is deteriorating and teachers, administrators, and parents are working hard to keep learning alive due to the rough times now, and what lies ahead of us.

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/covid-19-and-student-learning-in-the-united-states-the-hurt-could-last-a-lifetime

Summary: This article explains the impacts on students during covid-19 and how it is affected their education and how it is affected teachers. It says that students who will return from school after being away from it will have a lower achievement rate than students before covid. Students are spending more and more time out of school and aren't getting that one-on-one teaching. Educators are forced to scramble to adapt to the online programs and parents are juggling everything to children's education, jobs and even child care.

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Past Event

Webinar: Reopening schools in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Assistant Professor, School of Education and Human Development - University of Virginia

Affiliated Research Fellow - NWEA

Senior Research Scientist - NWEA

Executive Vice President of Research - NWEA

Research Scientist - NWEA

Research Assistant Professor, Curry School of Education - University of Virginia

Assistant Professor of Education Policy - University of Maryland-College Park

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The impact of COVID-19 on student achievement and what it may mean for educators

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Past Event Webinar: Reopening schools in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic Senior Research Scientist - NWEA Executive Vice President of Research - NWEA Research Scientist - NWEA Research Assistant Professor, Curry School of Education - University of Virginia Assistant Professor of Education Policy - University of Maryland-College Park

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This article explains that young children are in danger of becoming collateral damage in the Covid-19 pandemic, places such as parks, libraries, and museums are close. Young children are missing out on social interaction that they receive during their school time. Educators now more than ever need to start reimagining education as technology is becoming more of a norm in society. During the pandemic it has shown who has more access to technology can get a better education and how technology has taken away from our social interactions with others. Covid has shed a light on what needs to happen to the educational system and to reconsider its properties, including early childhood education and our ideas of, and commitment to young children. Covid-19 has showed us that children are just as valuable humans as we are. Other words, education and care need to be understood as relational processes that are two-way and reciprocal.

Wasmuth, H. (2020). Early Childhood Education and Care in a Post-Pandemic World: The

Possibility of Reimagining the Child as an Other. Knowledge Cultures, 8(2), 87+.

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My project relates to Riel’s projects because she explains that technology in education is necessary, while Covid-19 has brought it to the surface of how important it really can be. Teachers are shocked by having to take their classroom home and engage students online. Many teachers are struggling because they didn’t get enough education on how to teach online  and students weren’t taught either on how to use their google classroom and how to navigate the site. It also relates to Jasmines project because she explain how important child-led curriculum is in the classroom and I explain that good quality of education is a teacher how is willing to alter their teaching to the students needs.

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#SupportTeachers - Call for action on teachers

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This is a picture of the person I interviewed kindergarten class.