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Document Description
Title
Views
on the
roles
in
early
childhood
education
found
in
selected
post-secondary
diploma
programs
in the
province
of
Newfoundland
and
Labrador
Author
Abbott
,
Frances
S.
,
1956-
Description
Thesis
(M.Ed.)--Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1999.
Education
Date
1999
Pagination
vi, 86 leaves.
Subject
Early
childhood
education--Study
and
teaching--Newfoundland
and
Labrador;
Early
childhood
teachers--Newfoundland
and
Labrador;
Child
caregivers--Newfoundland
and
Labrador
Degree
M.Ed.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
Discipline
Education
Language
eng
Spatial Coverage
Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
Notes
Bibliography:
leaves
74-76
Abstract
A
shortage
of
research
findings
into
early
childhood
education
programs
has been a
major
drawback
in the
overall
delivery
system
in
Newfoundland
and
Labrador.
This
study
,
along
with its
relevant
research
,
attempted
to
provide
a
solution
to the
problem
of
elucidating
a
clear
definition
of the
relationship
between
early
childhood
educators
as
caregivers
and as
teachers
of
young
children.
--
This
research
study
chronicled
the
changes
in the
perceived
roles
of
early
childhood
educators
as
post-secondary
students
expanded
their
training.
This
study
also
investigated
the
effect
that this
training
had in
making
changes
to the
profession
itself.
Early
childhood
education
programs
need
to be
reviewed
to
ensure
that the
knowledge
required
of
early
childhood
educators
to
function
in these
roles
is
offered
within
the
program.
Similarly
, the
program
should be
investigated
in
light
of
today's
changing
society
and
developed
to
reflect
the
integrative
nature
of
teaching
behaviours.
--
This
study
was
one
of a
qualitative
nature
that
focused
on a
person's
occupation
that
consisted
of
assuming
and
learning
particular
roles.
This
research
also
investigated
the
roles
that
educators
assumed
as
teachers
of
young
children.
It
was
anticipated
that the
findings
would have the
potential
not
only
to
enhance
the
profession
, but to
gain
insight
into the
knowledge
,
skills
, and
attitudes
that
early
childhood
educators
are
required
to
possess
in
order
to
function
as
educators
of
young
children.
--
The
contradictions
in this
research
study
clearly
outlined
that the
early
childhood
education
profession
was
facing
an
identity
crisis
because
the
idea
of
being
a
teacher
of
young
children
was not
instilled
in these
educators
at the
student
level.
As a
result
, the
subjects
either
didn't
know
what they were
teaching
, or they were
teaching
and
didn't
know
it.
The
use
of
observations
,
questionnaires
, and
interviews
assisted
the
researcher
to
determine
that the
students
and the
graduates
did
not
clearly
picture
themselves
as
belonging
to the
larger
profession
as
teachers
of
young
children.
--
The
participants
in this
study
were
ten
students
,
four
graduates
,
four
instructors
, and
two
department
heads
from the
early
childhood
training
programs
at a
public
and a
private
college
in
St.
John's
,
Newfoundland.
--
Based
on this
study
, and
because
of the
scarcity
of
prior
research
on
college
level
diploma
programs
,
it
is
recommended
that
further
research
be
conducted:
a)
to
better
review
whether
the
identity
crisis
identified
in this
study
is
indeed
apparent
and
affects
the
quality
of
education
for
early
childhood;
b)
to
better
determine
the
nature
of
teaching
roles
in
early
childhood
education
non-baccalaureate
programs;
c)
to
examine
the
role
of
play
as an
educational
tool
in
early
childhood;
and
d)
to
identify
methods
of
instilling
the
concept
of
professionalism
at the
student
level
in
non-baccalaureate
programs.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
a1392808
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
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(25.82
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