Professionalism in Early Childhood Education: Doing Our Best for Young Children
Autor Stephanie Feeneyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2011
Investigate what it means to be an early childhood professional and acquire the knowledge, skills and traits exemplary early childhood educators possess!
Written for those entering the field or striving to grow within the profession, early child care leader and author, Dr. Stephanie Feeney helps readers understand the nature of the profession, what it means to behave in a professional way, and where they stand in their own professional journey in her newest resource, Professionalism in Early Childhood Education: Doing Our Best for Young Children. She devotes chapters to moral and technical competence and explains what the terms profession and professional mean. Complete with self-assessments and first-hand accounts, Dr. Feeney guides readers in understanding what it means to be an educator who embodies the highest standards of professionalism in their work with children, families and colleagues.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0137064705
Pagini: 130
Dimensiuni: 150 x 226 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Pearson Education
Notă biografică
Cuprins
- Introduction
- How I came to write this book
- Why address this topic now?
- A note to college teachers and trainers
- CHAPTER 1-What is a Profession?
- Origins of professions
- What do the terms mean?
- Criteria for determining if an occupation is a profession
- A continuum of professions
- How should professionals behave?
- Issues regarding professions
- CHAPTER 2-Is Early Childhood Education a Profession?
- Historical influences on the field of ECE
- How does early childhood education meet the criteria for a profession?
- Where do we stand?
- Do we want to be a profession?
- Which way should we go from here?
- Chapter 3-Personal attributes
- What should early childhood educators be like?
- What you bring into the world
- Who you are as a person
- Who you are as an educator
- Knowing yourself
- Final thoughts
- CHAPTER 4-KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Historical influences on knowledge and skills needed to teach young children
- The current landscape
- What should early childhood educators should know and be able to do?
- How do these things come together in practice?
- Final thoughts
- CHAPTER 5-PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR
- Characteristics of professional conduct
- Doing what is right-ethics and advocacy
- Performing the job
- Final thoughts
- CHAPTER 6-ASPIRING TO DO YOUR BEST
- Looking backward
- Early childhood education as a "calling"
- A developmental perspective
- Basics and beyond
- Looking forward
- APPENDICES
- A-SELF ASSESSMENTs
Recenzii
Sherry Cleary
Executive Director
New York City Early Childhood Professional Development Institute
The City University of New York
Textul de pe ultima copertă
In this groundbreaking book Stephanie Feeney addresses the topic of professionalism and how insights gained from the study of professions can contribute to practice in the field of early childhood education. She offers an approach to looking at professionalism that reflects the unique history, mission and knowledge base of the field of early childhood education. In it she discusses: . the nature of professions, . the professional status of early childhood education, . knowledge and skills that are needed to work effectively with young children (technical competence), . professional behaviors needed by early childhood educators including communication skills, work ethic, andprofessionalethics (moral competence), and . personal attributes that are desirable for those who work with young children. Because experiences in the early years are so important, those who work with young children need to exhibit a high degree of professionalism in their day-to-day work with children. This book was written to guide them in providing the high standards of nurturing education and care that young children need to support their development. "