Early Childhood Education reasearch foundations and Literature Review Rewrite

Task 1 BEP2 Student Name Date A Written Project Presented to the Faculty of the Teachers College Of Western Governors University Research Topic Early childhood education is very vital in the development of educational strength as it’s the foundation or background that will determine the future results of a student. This involves the education provided to children between the zero and eight years old. Teaching in this section is vital as it determines the quality of critical thinking that a student will develop from the beginning. Literature Search First, I went to Google and searched for a topic that had significant effects on the education of the child. Then I was able to generate the early childhood education topic which I went to researc h further in the library in order to gain full information about it. Key Words List of seven keywords includes Early childhood development, kindergarten, caregiver, cognitive skills, Piaget theory, parenting education, interaction approach. Additional Key Words More additional words used after the initial researchers are nurseries, Useful Keywords Early childhood development and Piaget theory were the most significant words that were utilized in the research as they appear in every aspect of the research. Annotated Bibliography Christopher, B. (2006). Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning. Retrieved from:

http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780387310732 The article discusses the dramatic development of technology and how the incorporation of the machin e can be utilized in the children development (Christopher, 2006). According to Piaget theory that is widely discussed in the article provides that children memorize repeatedly what they see as a process of learning. Utilization of various development theo ries reinforces the study. Fox, E., Levitt, P., & Nelson, A. (2010). How the timing and quality of early experiences influence the development of brain architecture. Child Development, 81(1), 28 –40. In this research journal, a theoretical structure is p rovided for considering how the construction of early experience gets "under the skin. Much emphasis is given to the early development and sensitive periods (Fox, Levitt & Nelson, 2010). The cases study approach is utilized where it elaborate how both earl y and later experiences play the major role in human education developments. Isenberg, P., & Jalongo, R. (2001) Creative Expression and Play in Early Childhood 3rd ed. Merrill Prentice Hall, Ohio. The book provides the strategies and how to nurture the ea rly childhood education amongst the children. It elaborates how to play based curriculum and child -centered activities facilitate the process of learning among children (Isenberg & Jalongo, 2001). The book strength is the critical expression of how childre n learn through playing activities in their early life. Jones, J. Brown, A. &Brown, J. (2011). Caring and Learning Together: A Case Study of Jamaica (PDF). UNESCO Early Childhood and Family Policy Series, No. 21. Paris, UNESCO. The study provides the conc ept of how children develop and learn faster when in a group as compared to separated one (Jones, Brown &Brown, 2011). The research shows that parent and other children company plays an important role in the development of child’s mental ability. Kato, K, & Ozaki, N. (2002). "Young Children's Representations of Groups of Objects: The Relationship between Abstraction and Representation". Journal of Research and Mathematics Education. 33 (1): 30 –45. Doi: 10.2307/749868 This journal analyses six Japanese children as samples in various age on how their relationship between the levels of abstractions and their level of representation on information. The educational insinuation is that trainer or teachers need to have a focal point which is more that mental relationship that children have as children can have conventional symbols on their level of abstraction. The strength of the research is accommodation of various research age groups (Kato & Ozaki, 2002). Louis, G (2009). "Using Glasser's Choice Theory to U nderstand Vygotsky". International Journal of Reality Therapy. 29 (2): 20 –23 The journal provides how a child education is affected by the social and cultural experiences that are surrounding them. The case study provides that our mental developments are dictated by social and cultural experiences around (Louis, 2009). This has provided children with mental disability to abstract thinking abilities. Comment [PC61]: Parts of Speech – Subject - Verb Agreement Note: Errors of this nature recur throughout the work. Module 6: Parts of Speech https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/71484265 Click the link above to be directed to the Guide to Academic Writing created by the W GU Writing Center. This link includes information on the writing trait of Parts of Speech, more specifically, subject -verb agreement. McCarrick, X. (2007). "Buried treasure: the impact of computer use on young children's social, cognitive, la nguage development and motivation". AACE Journal. 15 (1): 73 –95. The study provides that the digital technology is vital in the extension and facilitation of childhood education. A case study shows that children tend to interact faster and more accurat ely when exposed to the technological background as compared to the old traditional format or drawing (McCarrick, 2007). The strong factor of the thesis is how they elaborate how technology expands the mind of the child. McHutchison et al, (2017). Educatio n, socioeconomic status and intelligence in childhood and stroke risk in later life: A meta -analysis. Retrieved from; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28410350 The article review on the adult vascular risks that are brought by the ignorance and less awareness of the early life risk like education, intelligence and social economic factors (McHutchison et al, 2017). They incorporated case study or reports from Medline where they established that childhood education and social economic factors have associ ation with lifetime stroke disease. Oxford, R. (1997). "Constructivism: Shape -Shifting, Substance, and Teacher Education Applications". Peabody Journal of Education. 72 (1): 35 –66. The journal elaborates how the constructivism is based on declaration that children actively develop, interpret and recognizes knowledge in personal ways (Oxford, 1997). The case study provides that teachers should promote an experience that facilitates students to be active in the process of learning. This has proven to provide critical thinking amongst children in their development stages. Comment [PC62]: Sentence Fluency – Fragment – Incomplete Sentence Module 5: Sentence Fluency https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/71484224 Click the link above to be directed to the Guide to Academic Writing created by the WGU Writing Center. This link includes information on the writing trait of Sentence Fluency, more specifically, fragments. Scales, B., Almy, M., Nicolopulou, A. & Ervin -Tripp, S. (1991). Defending play in the lives of children. In B. Scales; M. Almy; A. Nicolopulou; & S. Ervin -Tripp (Eds.). Play and the social con text of development in early care and education, (pp. 15 -31). New York: Teachers' College, Columbia University. The book elaborates how children are able to learn and develop their mental abilities fast if exposed in play based educational activities than when not exposed (Scales et al 1991). The research show how children remember and repeats what they see. The study incorporate the Kolbs theory of children experiencing things before they learn hence reinforcing its thesis. Research Problem Various factors in the society can later this research of early childhood education like violence, child abuse and racism. Activities like child abuse and violence’s can hinder the process of data collection and the credibility of available data hence affecting the resea rch both qualitative and quantitative. Relation of Problem to Professional Setting Violence and child abuse are directly linked to the line of my research hence this limitation can negatively affect the quality of the thesis. Benefits of Literature Search The further researches on the given references above will help me in collecting vast information and comparing them in order to equip me with vast knowledge and different perspective when conducting my research. Also the literature will provide additional information on areas that I cannot be able to approach or handle. With the concept of knowledge is power, the references Comment [PC63]: Parts of Speech – Subject - Verb Agreement Note: Errors of this nature rec ur throughout the work. Comment [PC64]: Sentence Fluency - Issue with Clarity – Missing Word(s) Module 5: Sentenc e Fluency https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/71484224 Click the link above to be directed to the Guide to Academic Writing created by the WGU Writing Center. This link includes information on the writing trait of Sentence Fluency, more specifically, writing sentences. Comment [PC65]: Parts of Speech – Verb Form Module 6: Parts of Speech https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/71484265 Click the link above t o be directed to the Guide to Academic Writing created by the WGU Writing Center. This link includes information on the writing trait of Parts of Speech, more specifically, verbs. will provide me with knowledge that I can utilize to overcome barriers that might arise in the course of the research. References Christopher, B. (2006). Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning. Retrieved from:

http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780387310732 Fox, E., Levitt, P., & Nelson, A. (2010). How the tim ing and quality of early experiences influence the development of brain architecture . Child Development, 81(1), 28 –40. Isenberg, P., & Jalongo, R. (2001) Creative Expression and Play in Early Childhood 3rd ed. Merrill Prentice Hall, Ohio. Jones, J. Brown, A. &Brown, J. (2011). Caring and Learning Together: A Case Study of Jamaica (PDF). UNESCO Early Childhood and Family Policy Series, No. 21. Paris, UNESCO. Kato, K, & Ozaki, N. (2002) . "Young Children's Representations of Groups of Objects: The Relationship between Abstraction and Representation" . Journal for Research and Mathematics Education. 33 (1): 30 –45. Doi : 10.2307/749868 Louis, G (2009). " Using Glasser's Choice Theory to Understand Vygotsky" . International Journal of Reality Therapy. 29 (2): 20 –23 McCarrick, X. (2007). "Buried treasure: the impact of computer use on young children's social, cognitive, language development and motivation" . AACE Journal. 15 (1): 73 –95. McHutchison, et al, (2017). Education , socioeconomic status and intelligence in childhood and stroke risk in later life: A meta -analysis. Retrieved from; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28410350 Oxford, R. (1997). "Constructivism: Shape -Shifting, Substance, and Teacher Education Applications" . P eabody Journal of Education. 72 (1): 35 –66. Scales, B., Almy, M., Nicolopulou, A. & Ervin -Tripp, S. (1991). Defending play in the lives of children. In B. Scales; M. Almy; A. Nicolopulou; & S. Ervin -Tripp (Eds.). Play and the social context of development in early care and education , (pp. 15 -31). New York: Teachers' College, Columbia University.