"Running Head: EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONNameProfessor’s NameCourse nameDateEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 2Contents1.0. Background ..................................................................................................................................... 32.0. Literature Review ........................................................................................................................... 32.1. Quality needed for early childhood education .......................................................................... 42.2. Principles governing early childhood education ...................................................................... 5Principle of opportunity for every child ................................................................................................ 6Principle of long-term sustainability .................................................................................................... 6Principle of Quality Coordination ........................................................................................................ 6Licensed Age Appropriate Environments.............................................................................................. 72.3. Desired Outcomes after early childhood education ................................................................. 73.0. Research Question .......................................................................................................................... 84.0. Research Techniques ...................................................................................................................... 8Reference ...................................................................................................................................................... 9EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 3Importance of Quality Learning in Early Childhood Education for the Development ofCreativity and Experience1.0.BackgroundGlobally, education is a recognized phenomenon that plays an important role in the socialinteraction, economic and political affairs. The process of education is pursued in stages with anaim of enlightening individuals from a young age to adulthood (Texas Education Agency, 2011).According to Michigan State Board of Education (2005), early childhood education is animportant stage that lay a foundation for children to develop in diverse ways. For many years,children have provided with special attention during their early learning years to enable them toincrease the capacity of grasping the content. With advancing technology and human knowledge,more research has so far been conducted on the essential of children schooling during their earlyyear. Such research and developments lead to the realization of the term early childhoodeducation. More research still tries to establish the best approaches and techniques that teachercan use to tap and nurture the capacity among the children.Today, quality education matters and not only for the purpose of class related environmentbut also outside class environment (National Child Care Association, 2007). The quality in aneducation system begins from the time a learner is incorporated into the early childhooddevelopment program. Children have to attain certain qualities by the time they are out of theECD program. There is a need for quality learning during the early childhood education (TexasEducation Agency, 2011).This proposal intends to establish the Importance of quality learningin early childhood education for the development of creativity and experience.2.0.Literature Review EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 4This section analyzes the various literature related to Importance of Quality Learning EarlyChildhood Education for the Development of Creativity and Experience. The main review willconcern quality needed for early childhood development, principles governing early childhoodeducation and the desired outcome after early childhood education.2.1.Quality needed for early childhood educationThere are specific qualities that a young learner deserves to access that will ensure gooddevelopment during the early stages (Michigan State Board of Education, 2005). Early childhoodeducation deserves quality in many aspects including quality of the teachers, quality of thesystem and quality of the materials used. The quality is essential to ensure that the brain of theyoung learners develops gradually through the learning process and enhance thinking,independence, and creativity among other values needed for future learning processes. InMichigan, quality in early childhood education has several elements that are universal across thestate (Michigan State Board of Education, 2005). The elements are in the form of alignmentsidentified as; alignment related the standard of programs, alignment related to the expectations ofearly childhood education and alignment related to principles of and vision of the educationalrelated documents.According to Michigan State Board of Education (2005), the learning process during theearly childhood education should be able to connect a child to multiple domains. Quality earlychildhood education must ensure an interconnection between the learning domain and thecontent or skills. The educational process should lay down a strong background upon which a EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 5young learner can develop useful skills for future. There are various assumptions towardslearning such as social approach towards early childhood education.The competence of teachers also determines the quality of early childhood education. Thecritical role of teachers plays a crucial role in providing quality early childhood education(Michigan State Board of Education, 2005). Teachers should understand that learning amongchildren is catalyzed by the intentional set up of the learning environment. There should be apositive response to the teacher-child interactions. Teachers have to have a keen eye to identifyspecific interests among children and the developmental requirements needed to nurture suchinterests. The teachers should equally have the capability to stretch children’s’ interests andpotential to meet the learning objectives by understanding.The quality environment should include tools and equipment that help the young learnerdevelop through the early childhood stages. The tools and equipment must be able to spark thecreativity among children. The quality should be a supportive one to nurture competence,independence, and proficiency as the children develop. According to Michigan State Board ofEducation (2005), the tools and equipment can include drawing tools, paintings, ceramics,sculpture, and multimedia. A teacher should establish a balance between the use of variouslearning techniques like visual arts, song, dance and movement to widen the capacity of everychild.2.2.Principles governing early childhood educationAccording to National Child Care Association (2007), there are six principles that governhow early child education should be conducted. The principles include providing a chance for allchild, ensuring longevity and sustainability of the early education, quality co-ordination, make EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 6use of the licensed age appropriate environment,better choice of programs and a professionalworkforce for the educative purpose.Principle of opportunity for every childAccording to National Child Care Association (2007)This principle requires that allchildren have access to quality education and opportunities for better development during theirjuvenile stages. It has been identified that children have a potential to learn and develop thusneed an opportunity to expose such potential. Children often exhibit curiosity and anxiety thatcan be tapped and molded in a controlled environment for better development. A child who isready to learn also exhibits capacities in social, emotional, physical and cognitive traits. For thisreason, children need to be awarded an equal opportunity to develop such potentials for futureuse. Poor molding due to lack of opportunities for children may stagnant such potentials thusleading to mal-development.Principle of long-term sustainabilityIt has been established that brain development among children is a factor of timing andimpact of early childhood development (National Child Care Association, 2007). The impact ofearly childhood education should continuously manifest as the children continue to grow anddevelop. A good education approach for ECD should stand out regarding allowing room forgrowth of such knowledge.Principle of Quality CoordinationEarly childhood education system has to establish a chronological link between thevarious stages of development (National Child Care Association, 2007). Early childhood EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 7education system must fully consider that growth and development can be nurtured andcontrolled by a proper coordination of learning stages and equipment. Licensed Age Appropriate EnvironmentsAn education system for early childhood development should be recognized and licensed.The early childhood education system should also recognize appropriate methodologies thatmeet the developmental needs of children. It has been established that children develop wellunder an education system that is accredited (National Child Care Association, 2007).Many countries have established varying systems that are governed by varyingprinciples; however, the baseline of such principles is to ensure quality learning in earlychildhood education for the development of creativity and experience.2.3.Desired Outcomes after early childhood education The main goal of quality early childhood education is to kick-start a child by laying a strongfoundation needed for future learning processes. According to the Texas Education Agency(2011) report, early childhood education outcomes are essential determinants of childrenactiveness and success in participation within various settings. Children should be able todevelop a positive and social-emotional skills, acquisition and application of gained knowledgeand skills and, gained suitable behavior needed for the learning process.The process of learning among children should ensure that a social approach is well utilizedto develop the children social traits. Through social development, children undergo a self- discovery and gain more interactive skills. Such developmental outcomes enable children toidentify the-the various ways to socialize with adults and peers (Texas Education Agency, 2011).EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 83.0.Research QuestionThe study will use the following research questions as a guide:1. What is meant by quality in early childhood education?2. Which principles should govern teachers when mandated with early childhood educatingroles?3. What are the desired outcomes of early childhood development?4.0.Research TechniquesThe study will adopt a social survey approach where various teachers at different levels willbe interviewed for an opinion. Teachers who teach a class above the ECD will be interviewed onwhat they expect of ECD products. The sampling technique to be used is the conveniencesampling since it is hard to establish the composition of the entire study population. Moreinformation will be provided by expert information from psychologists and early childhooddevelopment coordinators or quality assurance. Research tools will mainly involve surveyquestionnaire. Information from the case studies will be compared against the primary data toestablish consistency and variation."