EFCS 301-Section A What questions do you have about early childhood education? 1. What theories/perspectives (or combinations) are being used in classes today? 2. What are the pros and cons of each curriculum? 3. What are the expectations and goals of each curriculum? 4, Who makes major curriculum decisions? 5. How much say do the teachers have in curriculum decisions? 6. How do you test new curriculum? Are empirical studies involved? 7. How can we best accommodate children with special needs into our curriculum? 8. What are some strategies for planning early childhood curriculurn? 9. How can we involve all parents in our curriculum? 10. How does the grading work for early childhood curriculum? What is the fairest way to grade? 11. What activities are appropriate for children in different age/learning levels? 12. How can teachers make necessary assessments for children? 13. What is involved with early childhood curriculum? Is is specific or do you develop your own curriculum for each class? Are you expected to be at a certain level at a specific time in the year? 14. How is early childhood curriculum different from different age groups? 15. How much is too much curriculum? Not enough? 16. What is age appropriate? 17. What is expected of age groups? 18. Structure v. free time? 19. What are developmentally appropriate practices and how do we successfully implement them? 20. What's more about curriculum other than designing a chart of classes for children? 21. How do you plan for kids who learn differently? 22. How do you gear curriculum for the changing generations? 23. How do you include everything necessary in one day? 24. How do | discipline children without being too harsh or too lenient? 25. How do | reward/punish children appropriately and without being too overboard? 26. Influences on kids what? 27. Does all curriculum based on the same method among the United States? 28. How does kids influences by changing to another country and experiences different curriculum?