Compare and Contrast, Create a Geographic Pictionary, Lesson Plans/Theme

Compare and Contrast, Create a Geographic Pictionary, Lesson Plans

Introduction

The main emphasis of this paper is to compare and contrast the position statements of ACEI and NAEYC. Furthermore, a geographic Pictionary lesson plan will also be created in the paper. This paper will also be highlighting the geographic Pictionary in the paper.

Compare and Contrast Position Statements of ACEI and NAEYC

According to the position statement of ACEI, it has been observed that it has always supported the concepts and ideas which have been originated from publications, papers and position statement, for instance; ACEI has been actively involved in calling moratorium regarding high stakes standardized testing in the primary grades and has always encouraged the availability of authentic evaluation forms that takes into consideration the strengths and learning of children's (Vito, 1991). The main emphasis in the position statement of ACEI is given to the promotion of free and availability of public education for all the children throughout the world.

However, NAECTE entails that early childhood certification which is also known as licensure has to be an obligation for the teachers who are continuous interaction with children up to 8 years of age. This obligation makes sure that teachers of such children should also provide learning adequate level of opportunities for different levels of children's development. The position statement of NAECTE concentrates on the adoption of policies by school districts. There are some of the policies which are defined and explained in the position statement of NAECE which reveals that for teachers, early childhood certification in all the classrooms of public schools for children's up to five years of age is necessary (NAECTE, 2007). The main focus of NAECE statement is on the priority of placement and hiring of those teachers who holds early childhood certification prior to hiring for public school classrooms for the children's six-to seven years of age. It requires to implement such programs that show the way to early childhood certification in order to meet NAEYC (national association for the education of young children) in order to make sure that teachers are having appropriate preparation and research work prior to teaching pre-kindergarten till the third grade.

Geographic Pictionary

River

Ocean

Mountain

Valley

Peninsula

Volcano

Crater

Earth

Pond

Map

Sea

Rain

Waterfall

Island

Glacier

Hill

Continent

Equator

Globe

Fields

Flood

Forest

Earthquake

Population

Coast

Desert

Lesson Plan

Standard:

This lesson plan is for the pre-school children which will be focusing on the theme of “Saving our Planet”.

Identify Key Objectives:

The ability of learning develops in an individual when he has the capability and desire to do something or achieve something. According to Gagne, there are different capabilities through which the learning outcomes of the individual take place. Gagne has developed five varieties of learning, which include verbal information, attitudes, cognitive strategies, intellectual skills and motor skills. These learning varieties provide a proper guide of the learning performances and outcomes of an individual. In this paper, three of the learning varieties have been discussed i.e. motor skills, information and attitudes (Gagne, R.M & Briggs, 1974). The learning outcomes and examples of these learning varieties are also discussed in this ...