"Large numbers of children are neglected; still larger numbers now receive care
which, at best, can be called only custodial, and which, at its worst, is deplorable.
Only a relatively small proportion are benefiting from truly developmental quality
care."
Marcy Whitebook
"I suspect that most of all we have trouble as a field because we are so used to settling for what we can get, and coping creatively with too few resources that we don't ask the fundamental questions about how child care ought to be. We don't raise enough challenges. We forget to dream. Imagine the child care of our dreams, not just the child care that's good enough"
Marcy Whitebook
"I suspect that most of all we have trouble as a field because we are so used to settling for what we can get, and coping creatively with too few resources that we don't ask the fundamental questions about how child care ought to be. We don't raise enough challenges. We forget to dream. Imagine the child care of our dreams, not just the child care that's good enough"
"Of course children benefit from positive feedback. But praise and rewards are not the only methods of reinforcement. More emphasis should be placed on appreciation—reinforcement related explicitly and directly to the content of the child's interest and efforts."
Lilian G Katz
"As you consider whether to move a child into formal academic training, remember that we want our children to do more than just learn how to read and write; we want them to learn in such a way that they become lifelong readers and writers. If we push our children to start learning these skills too far ahead of their own spontaneous interest and their capacity, we may sacrifice the long-range goal of having them enjoy such pursuits. "
Louise Derman Sparks
" I had a built in passion that it was important to make a real contribution to the world and to fix all the injustices that exsisted in the world, and I wanted to do that through teaching."
Jamie, there is so much that I can say about your quotes but I will try to keep it short. I really loved them and their was message for teachers and educators in each one of them. I agree with Marcy Whitebrook and Lillian Katz that we are not as imaginative when working with children but this can be due to a number of reasons from curriuculums to budgets. But it is up to the teachers to make the best with the materials that they are provided and to make the learning experience a process to enourage life long learning.
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