Words of Inspiration and Motivation
Building positive identities and a respect for differences means weaving diversity into the fabric of children's everyday lives. Working with families is an important first step in helping children accept, understand, and value their rich and varied world. This is an excerpt from Janet Gonzalez-Mena,M.S article on Teaching " Diversity" A Place to Begin.
Zigler publicly criticized the program for not living up to its promise. Quality was so low in some centers that they should be closed, he announced in a headline-making statement. More needed to be done for kids besides rapidly expanding a program that didn't have sufficient quality controls. This taboo-breaking criticism led to tougher standards for Head Start centers and an effort to give more than lip service to developmentally appropriate care for disadvantaged children. This is an excerpt that was taken from an interview on Edward Zigler Ph.D on how he wasnt gonna just settle for anything when it came to the Head Start Standards.
According to Louis Dermon Sparks Professor Emarities, Pacific Oak College, CA. " My passion is to make sure that all children are taught in environments and ways that truly nurture their identity to grow and develop to their fulliest ability."
This is a quote that I found motivational and I felt passion behind it. I got this quote from Kimberly Salah "Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world."
- Maria Montessori
I like what you pulled out from Louis Dermon Sparks. Children do not all learn the same way and they need to be comfortable in their learning environment. The best way to ensure learning is to allow the environment to conform to their life style. This way you are allowing education to reach them in a familiar setting.
ReplyDeleteThis quote speaks to me "Building positive identities and a respect for differences means weaving diversity into the fabric of children's everyday lives. Working with families is an important first step in helping children accept, understand, and value their rich and varied world." You have to teach not only to the whole child but to the families and communities in which they are apart of.
ReplyDeleteThe quote by Maria Montessori was just a great message. I feel that it is so important to expose children to every opportunity possible. This is the reason that I feel that the High/Scope and Montessori curriculum works. I feel that both curriculum expose children to real materials and hands on activities which expose children to things that cannot be learned by a curriculum that use dittos to teach.
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