Sahar Shbaro's Early Childhood Education Glossary

6 Education of children from birth through age 8 terms

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Advocacy

noun

Speaking and acting in support or on behalf of people or ideas.

Example: Early childhood educators need to be advocates for children and theirs families

children behavior

noun

Any observable response or action of a child from 24 months through 12 years of age.

Example: children with behavioral problems don't seem to act their age.

fr: comportement des enfants

Classroom management

noun

Classroom management refers to the wide variety of skills and techniques that teachers use to keep students organized, orderly, focused, attentive, on task, and academically productive during a class.

Example: A successful classroom management helps teacher to build a strong personal relationships with her students.

fr: Gestion de classe

macrosystem

noun

A component of the ecological systems theory developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner, The macrosystem is the larger culture as a whole and includes socioeconomic status, wealth, poverty, and ethnicity.

Example: The culture's belief systems and ideology (macrosystem) influence the child directly.

fr: macrosystème

mesosystem

noun

Urie Bronfenbrenner’s second level of social/environmental influence on a child’s development which is the consequence of the interaction with other groups/microsystems in society.

Example: For example, a child's mesosystem might be daycare and the school.

fr: Le mésosystème

microsystem

noun

The system of groups and institutions with the most immediate and direct impact on an individual's development.

Example: parents are a part of microsystem of a child

fr: le microsystème