Introduction

Question 1

What is education?

Answer 1

According to Ball and Forzani, “the deliberate activity of helping learners to develop understanding and skills”

Question 2

How does learning through play help kids?

Answer 2

• A fun way to learn about themselves, their environment, and people
• Helps learn to solve problems
• Children interact with each other
• Creativity enhanced
• Leadership skills developed
• Social interaction improved
• Develop healthy personalities
• Develop skills required to learn to read and write

Question 3

How does learning through play help with kids’ physical development?

Answer 3

• Gross motor skills developed
• Learn to reach, grasp, crawl, run, climb and balance
• Fine motor skills developed when a child handles toys and other objects

Question 4

What are fine motor skills?

Answer 4

The coordination of small muscles in the hands, fingers, and wrists, allowing precise movements and control

Question 5

What are gross motor skills?

Answer 5

Those which require whole body movement and which involve the large muscles of the body to perform everyday functions, such as standing and walking, running and jumping, and sitting upright at the table

Question 6

What affects education?

Answer 6

• Dispositions
• Empowerment
• Engagement
• Holistic development

Question 7

What other aspects affect education?

Answer 7

• Quality early care and education
• ECE curriculum
• Children with special needs
• The environment
• Caregivers and educators
• Management and administration of ECE and education centres
• Health and safety

Question 8

What personal and social skills should practitioners have?

Answer 8

• Well adjusted with a positive self image
• Well educated
• Aware of and sensitive to the need of others
• Committed and non-judgemental
• Interested in and respectful of the autonomy of child
• Able to communicate effectively

Question 9

What professional skills should early childhood professional practitioners have?

Answer 9

• A sound knowledge of child development and educational theory
• Knowledge of the law relating to families
• Knowledge of respect for cultural difference
• Knowledge of policies and their underlying philosophies
• The ability to develop strategies which facilitate the transmission of knowledge to others
• The ability to act as an advocate for children
• The ability to observe