Thesis for Professional Audience Literature

The professional views on Language Arts and Literacy is that is it not only important that children learn these skills, but more so it is important for the teachers to have a clear understanding of how to properly teach language Arts and Literacy to the children in there care.

Professional articles 2

Works Cited

Ableser, J. (2008). Authentic Literacy Experiences to Teach and Support Young Children during Stressful Times. Young Children , 74-79.

Cunningham, S. B. (2009). The impact of Professional Development and Coaching on Early Language and Literacy Instructional Practices. American Educational Research Journal , 532-566. This article was about examining the impact of the development that teacher do on langauge arts and literacy they study 117 centers and 114 home based centers for their information. They say evcen though teachers have college course work that the has nothing to do with the literacy development.

Han, H. S. (2010). No Child Misunderstood: Enhancing Early Chioldhood Teachers' Mulitcultural Responsiveness to the Social Competence of Diverse Children. Early Childhood Education Journal , 469-476. This is all about no matter what cultural background you have we must not leave child behind

Isbell, R. T. (2003). Telling and Retelling Stories Learning Langage and Literacy. Spotlight on young children and Language , 18-22.

Wiggins, D. G. (2007). Pre-k Music and the Emergent Reader: Promoting Literacy in a Music-Enhanced Environment. Kluwer Academic Publishers , 55-64. This say that children can learn language an dliteracy skills by listeing to meaningful music.

Wright, S. B. (2010). Promoting Language and Literacy Development for Early Childhood Educators. The Elementary School Journal , 63-86. this they study the imapct of 2 different forms of Professional development prekindergarten  teachers. If teacher are not well educated or coached they could fall behind.

Professional Articles

Works Cited

Cunningham, S. B. (2009). The impact of Professional Development and Coaching on Early Language and Literacy Instructional Practices. American Educational Research Journal , 532-566.

Han, H. S. (2010). No Child Misunderstood: Enhancing Early Chioldhood Teachers' Mulitcultural Responsiveness to the Social Competence of Diverse Children. Early Childhood Education Journal , 469-476.

Wiggins, D. G. (2007). Pre-k Music and the Emergent Reader: Promoting Literacy in a Music-Enhanced Environment. Kluwer Academic Publishers , 55-64.

Wright, S. B. (2010). Promoting Language and Literacy Development for Early Childhood Educators. The Elementary School Journal , 63-86.

Popular audience

My popular audience is parents.

My popular audience wants information about the topic of language
and literacy itself. They want to know how they
can be more involved with their children learning at home.
They also want to know how we teach them language and
literacy in the classroom. I think the best way to address
this information is by simple typed up information.

Draft of Genre Analysis

Language Arts and Literacy in Early Childhood Education

Jennifer McComas

Intermediate Composition

Professor  Oberlin

October 25, 2011

                                              Language Arts and Literacy in Early Childhood Education

     Language Arts and Literacy are very popular subjects both with early childhood professionals and with the public.  Language Arts and Literacy are very important to young children. They need to develop these skills in order to be successful with formal reading and writing in school and later in life. For this reason, it is important for children to start learning language arts and literacy skills at an early age, but you don’t want to push them too hard. If you do, then they may become frustrated or fearful and begin to associate those negative feelings with books, which will no doubt impact their future confidence, interest and joy in books and language.

     When it comes to this issue, both non-professionals and professionals have similar views on the topic. On the side of popular view, information was collected by Lynda Richardson of the New York Times titled Read to Your Baby. Another is by Katlyn Joy, eHow Contributor, titled Parent information on Language and Literacy Development.  The last on the popular side of views is by Amy Cherwin, eHow Contributor, titled Early Childhood Language and Literacy Development. When it comes to the professional views, I found an article titled One-Way Traffic? Connections Between Literacy Practices at Home and in the Nursery. It is written by Jackie Marsh University of Sheffield, and I found it on JSTOR.org. I also found another article on JSTOR.org written by Yange Xue and Samuel J. Meisels called Early Literacy Instruction and Learning in Kindergarten: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999.

     In general, the popular audience all tends to agree on the fact that children need to start learning these skills at a very early age in life due to the fact that this is when they will pick up the quickest on the skills. When it comes to the views of the professional audience, they agree that Language Arts and Literacy need to begin right at birth and that in  children’s early years is  when these skills will develop at a fast rate. You have to start reading to the children, singing with them or playing simple games. These will all help them with learning.

     The professional articles are intended for teachers, other early childhood educators and parents if they really want a better understanding of what Language Arts and Literacy are and what they might see going on in their child’s classroom. These articles inform you of what Language Arts and Literacy are, how you can change things to help children in your classroom, and what other professionals have tried to do in their rooms that have helped. To find these types of articles, you can Google them by typing in “professional articles by early childhood educators.” When it comes to the popular audience, the articles are intended for parents or guardians of young children, whom are concerned about their child’s Language Arts and Literacy skills. These are to inform you of what others that do not work in the field have found out about the topic and what they have done at home to help their children. These articles can be found by Googling “Language Arts and Literacy”. There will be tons for you to look at. The popular audience is likely to know why this issue is so important to the child’s development later in life. The popular audience may want to know how they can help their child’s teacher with the issue at home. The popular audience will want to spend at least several days with the information because it is a lot to take in when you don’t work in the field. The professional audience will likely know how to teach young children Language Arts and Literacy skills, but they may have found other ways to teach them by reading these articles. They may want to find other activities/ways that they can make it more interesting for children to explore. The professional audience will want to spend a couple of hours with the information considering they work with the topic all the time.

     The professional articles are credible because these articles give you real results from studies and researches that have been conducted over the past decade, and because the professional articles are written by people that are in the early childhood education field.  The professional articles give you actual ideas and hints that people have used in their own classroom that have helped their children. The professional articles help evoke concern from the professional audience because everyone in the early childhood field should be doing their best to help make sure that their children are learning the skills. The evidence that is used to support the claims of the information in the professional audience is actual research and studies conducted by people in the field of education. The information is very appropriate coming from fellow professionals, so you know you can believe it. The popular articles, I feel, are not credible at all. The information is coming from people that have no clue about the education field. There is no information collected though research or studies, and the information comes from what they have heard or seen. The popular audience articles evoke the emotion of being upset because the information would not be logical. The evidence used in these claims is information given by what was seen on television or what other people have told them. The information is not appropriate because it is misleading.  

     The information for the popular audience is shaped so that it is easily understood by anyone who  reads it. There are no limitations to the information that the articles have on the topic. The popular articles information is organized in sections that are broken down with language that can be understood by people that are not in early childhood education. The structure makes it easy for people to find exactly what they are looking for without having to read the whole article in one sitting. The information for the professional audience has no limitations to what you can find, and the information is there in a simple format that makes it easy for you to read and understand. The professional information is also broken down into sections that make it easy to find the information and, it makes it easy to follow.

     The language and style of the professional articles are written in words that every educator can understand and be able to work with. When it comes to Language Arts and Literacy, there is no need for them to have to look up the definition of the words. It is written in terms that all educators already know and use on a daily basis. The language is very formal for these articles. The language and style of the popular articles are written in terms that are very simple and easy for anyone who reads them to understand. These articles will have a space on the side or on the bottom that will have the specialized vocabulary listed with the meaning so that you will know what the word means, but it would be helpful if you already knew the meaning of what Language Arts and Literacy are.

     The most significant difference between these two viewpoints is the main issue at hand, which is why Language Arts and Literacy are so important.  The popular articles discuss how important Language Arts and Literacy are for children to know at a young age. The professional articles discuss how important it is for children to learn these skills at a young age and how they will learn them in the classroom. They overlap when it comes to how important these skills are to children later in life. Both the popular and professionals understand that children will need these skills to be successful in school and later in life. The professional articles were very effective in getting their points across that Language Arts and Literacy are important both in the classroom and at home. The popular articles were effective in giving ideas on things they have done with their children that may help others. I found that neither the popular or professional articles have a problem with its opposed audience. The professional articles have more research and credibility to them, where as the popular articles are not that credible and do not have research and studies to back them up in their point of view.

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What Professional think about language and literacy

Early literacy Instruction and learning in Kindergarten

This article says that in classroom where they used integrated language arts and phonics they had a significantly higher outcome, when a teacher used both on a more often bases. When it comes to the children with a lower performance rate they benefited less from having integrated language arts instruction.

One-way Traffic? Connections between Literacy Practices at Home and in the Nursery

This article talks about how literacy was only taught in the nursery not in the home. There was more of literacy going on in the school then there was at home with the parents. When the children were in the house they had the children focused on media and popular cultural texts.

Works Cited

Marsh, J. (2003). One-way Traffic? Connections between Literacy Pratices at Home and in the Nursery . British Educational Research Journal , 369-382.

Meisels, Y. X. (2004). Early Literacy Instruction and Learning in Kindergarten. American Educational Research Journal , 191-229.

Popular perceptions

After reading all three Articles I can see that the perception of all three is that from birth through age 5 it is the most important time for children to learn language and literacy skills. Most of the language and literacy that is learned comes from children listening to their parent’s right from the moment they were born. The articles all have the perception that from the time a baby is born they need to be read to and be in a language rich environment

 

Amy Cherwin. (n.d.). E-How Early Childhood Language & Literacy Development. Retrieved October 19, 2011, from E-How: http://www.ehow.com/about_6506269_early-childhood-language-literacy-development.hmtl

Joy, K. (n.d.). Parent Information on Laguage & Literacy Development. Retrieved October 19, 2011, from E-How: http://www.ehow.com/print/about_6511310_parent-information-language-literacy-development.hmtl

Richardson, L. (2011, April 15). The New York Times. Rx.Read toYour Baby . New York, New York, Untied States of America: The New York Times.

My Hot topic of choose

My hot topic of choose by votes is Lanuage and Literacy this is problematic because we have alot of children that are going into the school system and they either can't read and write or are very limited to what they know. Lanuage and literacy is one of the most important things we can learn in our young year without it the children we have will not make it very far because no matter what you do in life you have to be able to read and write.

Hot topics in Early childhood education

1. Lanuage and Literacy- This topic is currently bothering people because there are alot of children out there that are not learning the basics.
It is a big deal becuase children need it to be successful in life and some just are not getting in the early years of life.
It is interesting that there are teachers out there that think all children need to do is play, but the children also need to learn lanuage and litetacy skills to use later in life.
2. Behavior - this topic is bothering people becuase they need to know how to deal with certain behaviors better.
This is a big deal becuase both parents and educators are getting very frustrated when they can't seem to find ways to deal with certain behaviors.
It is intresting learning about different ways to deal.
3. Funding- Thi topic is bothering people becuase there are alot of child care center shutting their doors because they are non-profit and are not getting the funding to keep the center running.
This is a big deal because all non-profit center need money to operate the center and pay the staff
To me there is nothing interesting about this topic.

Discipline Format

The format for the dicipline of Early Childhood education is APA.

Early Childhood Education Manifesto

Early Childhood Education Manifesto

By Jennifer McComas

     When you are a professional in the Early Childhood Education discipline it means you are willing to make sure that children from birth to the age of 5 are being educated, loved, cared for and safe. When you do this, the children are gain knowledge and skills that they need to be successful later in life. When it comes to my set ideals, I believe that it is important that all children feel safe and accepted in the learning environment. It is also important for professionals to work with the children’s parents to ensure that they have an open communication about their child’s learning and growth. Professionals need to have that good communication between home and school so they can always help the children and families no matter what is going on.

     A problem that not all people see or understand except for the professionals  that are in the discipline, is that  the moment that a baby is born begins a critical time for him or her  to start forming positive attachments with people around them, like parents, grandparents and caregivers .  This is a big problem because some parents don’t talk to their babies or give them the attention they need. These babies lose their ability to place trust in other people. When they are placed in a child care center, it makes a long hard road for these babies to form positive attachments because they feel that they can’t trust the caregivers to give them the attention that they need.  But on the other hand, when a baby is being talked to on regular basis and is given all the attention, he or she will never lose the ability to trust others. When these babies are placed in a child care center it will be an easier road for them to form attachments because they know that there is always going to be someone to give them the attention when they cry out, and they feel that they can trust the caregivers to meet their needs when they need them met. This has been proven by many professionals in the Early Childhood Education discipline.

    Another problem is that there are children that do not attend child care on a daily basis, which causes them to miss out on important knowledge and skills they need to know. A lot of people do not see that between birth and age 5 is when most of their development occurs. This is a time when their brains are like sponges soaking up huge amounts of important information that is beneficial for them later in life. Children that attend Early Childhood Programs at least 3 days a week miss out on gaining certain skills that children who attend Early Childhood Programs 5 days week already know. This has also been proven even though children all learn at different levels and at different paces. Children that are in programs at least 3 days a week are a little behind the children that attend 5 days a week. I have seen this in many classrooms.  As a professional, you have to take these children to the side or out of the classroom when they are there to work with them on the things that the other children have already learned or experienced, and this takes time away from what was planned for the whole group of children for that particular day.

     When it comes to the ways that children learn and develop, another problem is that a lot of people don’t see that each child is an individual and he or she learns at a different level and at a different pace.  This can create a lot of problems for the children. For example, if you plan activities that some children can do and others can’t then  the ones that can’t do them will become upset and may begin to act out because they are not on the level to do them. But, on the other hand, if you plan activities that the children on a higher level can do and be done with in a matter of minutes then, this will create some problems too. These children will get done quicker and may begin to act out simply because they are bored and have nothing to challenge them.

     If you are not in the Early Childhood Education discipline, you may not see all the problems that can arise in this profession. Most people say that all we are is a babysitter, but to many children we are much more than that.  When you chose to be in this discipline you are dedicated to ensuring that each and every child you have is going to be cared for, educated and loved to best of your professional abilities. When these children leave us each evening we have no idea what their home life is like, so we must make sure we are doing whatever we can in the classroom to make it a great experience for those children that’s home life is not the best. Even if the children’s home life is a good one we still want to provide them with great experiences too. Children deserve to get the best experiences out of what life offers to them.

Definiton of discipline

After, reading the Four websites. Early childhood education is decribed as the education and care of young children around the ages of 3-5 by people other then their parents.
What is Early Childhood Education? (.com website) decribes early childhood education as care for young children.
Early Childhood education (.org website) is decribed as the formal teaching and care of young children outside the home by people that are not their parents.
U.S. Department of Education (.gov website) says that the years of 3-5 are the most crical for children.
Stark State College (.edu website) is a school website that decribes the early childhood education program that the students can take.
I feel that these difintions are close to what I came up with in my first post. The research does not change how I feel about my future work in  early childhood education, I love the idea of being able to educate and take care of young children outside their homes.
Early Childhood Education: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. web 24 sept 2011  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_childhood_education
What is Early Childhood education? "Early Education for All". (2006-2011) web 24 sept 2011.  http://www.education.com/print/Ref_What_Early_Childhood/
Early Childhood Education."Stark State College, North Canton, Ohio" Stark State College North Canton, Ohio (2011) web 24 sept 2011 http://www.starkstate.edu/academic-programs/early-children-education
United State U.S. department of Education http://www2.ed.gov/parents/early child/ready/resources.html