ECE as a Career Anticipation Guide

Early Childhood educators are glorified babysitters

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Both written curriculum and unwritten curriculum contribute to learning.

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Playing with water, a hose, and a sandbox are just fun activities and do not lead to learning.

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Early childhood educators make important decisions about what children need based on what stage they are in

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Developmentally Appropriate Practice constitutes quality care and education for young children with educators learning as they work with children and families.

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The "whole child" concept is a holistic approach that focuses only on one subject at a time.

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There are many different "early childhood education" programs and classifications of the programs.

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Child development researchers focus only on how children develop thinking skills.

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A stage theorist believes in the "unfolding" of stages of development through maturation.

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Child centered curriculum is built on the interests of the children and subject matter is integrated into those interests.

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