Explain why it is important to teach children about consumption
What will be an ideal response?
Children become consumers as soon as they are born. They consume goods and services, express needs and wants, and later make choices about what they want. The goal is to help children understand that they are consumers too. The teacher's role is to help children understand how to make responsible choices as a consumer. Children need to understand their role in consumption and their role in making those decisions in their families. Being informed about goods and services contributes to personal efficacy i.e. being able to make wise choices (Alleman & Brophy, 2003). When they make purchases, they are consumers.
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a. should focus on students’ needs and differences. b. should focus on what their students can do, not what they cannot do. c. should realize that students with disabilities and those with gifts and talents have more differences than similarities to their typical peers. d. who concentrate on their students’ deficits and difference are more likely to create successful inclusive classrooms.
A method of teaching which believes that through skillful questions and discussions with students, teachers are able to bring hidden information to the surface. What is this method of teaching?
a. Constructivism b. Deductive Method c. Socratic Method d. Informationalism
Student-initiated and led prayers at high school football games do not violate the Establishment Clause
Indicate whether the statement is true(T) or false(F).
Montessori's program was widely embraced by the public. Why did professionals in the early childhood field NOT agree with her methods?
a. Progressives dominated the field and viewed play as the most appropriate means of learning for young children, not Montessori's repetitive, purposeful work. b. Professionals in the field, at the time, believed in a more structured, academic approach. c. Progressives did not trust a program that came from Italy and was designed by a woman. d. Montessori's program was too open-ended and creative arts-based.