Early Childcare
Develop a clear summary of the issue (10 points): Based on both articles that you read for Paper 1, provide a brief and well-developed summary of the expansion of access to preschool in California. Then, state clearly which developmental domain you’ve chosen to address. Summarizing what you wrote in part 2, explain why you’ve chosen to advocate for this domain and what approach to early childhood education (from chapter 9) would best support this.
Show depth of knowledge in a developmental domain (15 points): Building on Paper 2, refine your argument for ways in which early childhood educators should support your chosen developmental domain across the first 6 years of life. Based on your additional reading from Paper 2 and your learning in our course, begin this section by showing us how early childhood educators would approach work with children from 3-6 within this domain. Be specific and detailed in showing how their interactions with children would look, including specific activities or interactions that would support development in the domain that you’ve chosen. Then, compare and contrast this to how early childhood educators would approach work with children from birth to 2 if care were expanded to this early age group. What could they do similarly? How would their work need to look different?
Raise concerns about equity, diversity, and inclusion (15 points): For this part of the paper, you’ll choose one of two additional readings:
Low-SES Mothers’ Choice of Early Childcare ProgramsPreview the document: https://canvas.ucdavis.edu/courses/297402/files/4874297/download?verifier=vgY0k4ugBtf2HsyTvQbuClIpE68dtcA2A2UoDMYc&wrap=1
Cultural Considerations in Interpreting Children’s BehaviorPreview the document: https://canvas.ucdavis.edu/courses/297402/files/4874296/download?verifier=71WINc8g80sIZ3ZHe2SaoCvZHAjVXVaenbA41rCq&wrap=1
Using the reading that you’ve chosen, expand on your final thoughts from Paper 2 to detail concerns about equity, diversity, and inclusion in supporting children’s development when they attend preschool. Referring to at least 3 main points from this reading, explain why preschools should pay extra attention to issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion as access to preschool is expanded in California. For example, you could address the following: How do we ensure that preschools support resilience in students from underserved and/or historically underrepresented populations? What populations of students have typically been served by early childhood education? What do we need to consider as that changes? How do you communicate the potential benefits of early childhood education to families from diverse backgrounds and experiences? What roles might immigration, mobility, geography, culture, and/or politics play? (Do not attempt to answer all of these questions. They’re some suggestions, and you should try to keep your focus narrow to show depth in your thinking.)
References and Appendix (10 points): Provide an APA-style reference list at the end of your paper that includes your textbook and all articles you’ve read for this assignment. Then, in an appendix, explain in at least one paragraph how you used feedback from Papers 1 and/or 2 to write part 3 of your paper. (You’re also welcome to include feedback from journals and in-class assignments, if that shaped your approach to writing this paper.) Papers that exceed the stated limit will receive a deduction.
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