Student Teaching Early Childhood Practicum Guide

by Machado, Jeanne; Botnarescue, Helen Meyer

• ISBN13: 9780766810563
• ISBN10: 0766810569
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-14
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This book is designed to assist early childhood education student teachers, professionals, and interns in teaching children from 3 to 8 years of age. Student Teaching provides step-by-step instruction through the process of field experiences. It covers areas such as planning developmentally appropriate practice and working with parents.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
About the Authors	xiv
SECTION I: Orientation to Student Teaching
Introduction to Student Teaching Practicum	2	(42)
Training Guidelines	3	(1)
Initial Feelings	4	(1)
The Mechanics of Student Teaching	4	(1)
Key Participants Play a Role in Student Teacher Development	4	(1)
Before Placements	5	(3)
Orientation	8	(3)
Professionalism	11	(7)
Student Teaching Goals	18	(2)
Preparing for Your First Days	20	(1)
Meeting with the Administrator	21	(1)
Your Classroom	22	(2)
Beginning Days	24	(2)
Becoming a Team Member	26	(1)
Goals of the Team and Program	26	(18)
A Student Teacher's Values and Developing Teaching Style	44	(21)
Knowing Yourself and Your Values	45	(1)
The Acquisition of Values	46	(3)
Your Values	49	(1)
Personal Values and Activities	50	(1)
Professional Ethics	51	(1)
Teaching Style	51	(6)
Other Teaching Styles	57	(8)
Being Observed: Discovering Your Competencies	65	(41)
Goals of Observation, Evaluation, and Discussion	66	(1)
Methods of Observation	67	(4)
Clinical Supervision	71	(2)
Reliability	73	(11)
Peer Evaluations	84	(3)
Competency-based Training	87	(1)
The Whole Teacher	87	(3)
Reflective Behaviors in Student Teachers	90	(1)
Critical Thinking	91	(1)
Self-Perception	92	(3)
Self-Analysis	95	(11)
SECTION II: Programming
Review of Child Development and Learning Theory	106	(25)
Theories of Child Development	107	(1)
How Do Children Learn?	108	(11)
Review of Selected Current Research	119	(4)
Student Teacher Intelligent Behavior	123	(8)
Instructional Planning	131	(53)
A Way to Look at Early Childhood Curriculum	132	(1)
Identifying Child Interests	133	(2)
Constructivism and Developmentally Appropriate Practice	135	(3)
Other Curriculum Approaches	138	(1)
Activity Resources	139	(1)
Curriculum	140	(3)
How Language Instruction Fits into All Activity Planning	143	(9)
Goals and Objectives	152	(1)
Developmental Skills	153	(3)
Other Activity Plan Areas	156	(1)
Transitions	157	(3)
Working with Groups	160	(5)
Thematic Teaching	165	(19)
SECTION III: Classroom Management Revisited
Classroom Management Goals and Techniques	184	(31)
Classroom Management	185	(3)
The Guidance Function in Classroom Management	188	(2)
Child Empowerment	190	(4)
Classroom Management Techniques	194	(7)
Additional Management Strategies	201	(6)
Guidance Techniques Used in Elementary Schools	207	(8)
Analyzing Behavior to Promote Self-Control	215	(27)
Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development and Its Relation to Self-Control	216	(8)
Burton White and Self-Control	224	(4)
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Its Relation to Self-Control	228	(4)
A Case Study to Analyze	232	(1)
Cultural Differences	233	(9)
SECTION IV: Communication
Common Problems of Student Teachers	242	(34)
Kinds of Problems	243	(3)
Seeking Help	246	(5)
The Role of Communication	251	(5)
Listening: The Ability to Receive	256	(5)
Theories in Problem Solving	261	(1)
A Problem-Solving Process	262	(14)
SECTION V: The Child
Case Studies, Analysis, and Applications	276	(26)
Case Studies	277	(1)
Observation Forms	277	(3)
Analysis of Observation	280	(8)
Observation and Conjecture	288	(14)
Working With Special Needs Children	302	(22)
Laws Relating to the Education of Young Children with Special Needs	303	(3)
``Special'' Children	306	(9)
Working with Special Needs Children	315	(9)
SECTION VI: Parents
The Changing American Family	324	(21)
The American Family in the New Millenium	325	(1)
Changes Mandated by the New Welfare Law	326
Early Childhood Education in the Twentieth Century	321	(9)
Parents as Volunteers	330	(2)
How to Motivate Parents to Volunteer	332	(13)
Parents and Student Teachers	345	(29)
Interacting with Parents	346	(1)
The Importance of Parent-Teacher Relationships	347	(2)
Models of Communication	349	(7)
Planning the Home Visit	356	(2)
The Home Visit	358	(2)
Other Home-School Interactions	360	(14)
SECTION VII: Professional Concerns
Quality Programs	374	(21)
Meeting Children's Needs	375	(3)
Standard of Quality Programs	378	(1)
Types of Quality Programs	379	(1)
Who Decides the Quality of a Program?	380	(4)
Acceditation and Its Relationship to Quality	384	(3)
Total Quality Management	387	(1)
The Comer Project for Change in Education	387	(1)
Mentoring Programs	388	(1)
State Legislative Awareness	388	(1)
Defining an Optimal Education and Care System	388	(7)
Professional Commitment and Growth	395	(19)
Definitions	396	(1)
Concerns in the Profession	396	(1)
Professional Behavior and Commitment	397	(2)
Professional Growth and Development	399	(4)
Professional Growth Opportunities	403	(5)
Parents' Attitudes Toward Professionalism	408	(6)
Trends and Issues	414	(24)
Trends	415	(9)
Issues	424	(14)
SECTION VIII: Infant/Toddler Placements
Student Teaching With Infants and Toddlers	438	(28)
Standards	439	(1)
Characteristics of a Quality Infant/Toddler Center	439	(5)
Student Teaching with Infants and Toddlers	444	(1)
Approaching and Working with Children	444	(2)
General Rules and Regulations	446	(7)
Caregiving as a Teaching Activity	453	(1)
A Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers	454	(1)
Activities in the Infant/Toddler Center	454	(4)
Child's Physical Environment	458	(1)
Awareness of Your Own Needs as a Caregiver	459	(2)
Safety	461	(5)
Appendix	466	(39)
Glossary	505	(6)
Index	511